17 Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
About 17 Ascham Road
17 Ascham Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 2BD). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
Held since April 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £798,000 sits 565% above the 1998 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 86.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
17 Ascham Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Sept 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension
- Agent
- Studio TeePee
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02633/HFUL
- Apr 2004Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion incorporating side and rear dormers.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- C/04/0212
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 17 Ascham Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Ascham Road was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£798,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 April 1998Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 2BD: £500,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in CB4 2BD
Everything we know about 17 Ascham Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Ascham Road homes
On price per m², 17 Ascham Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£702
Street avg £5,825
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.2 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.0 km
Milton Road Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB