Flat 4, 81 High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1NJ

Flat 4 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB4 1NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 60 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 23 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 sits 75.5% above the 2006 sale of £200,000.