2 Bassett Close, Cambridge, CB4 2UQ
About 2 Bassett Close
2 Bassett Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 2UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sold in November 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 68 m² it's 19.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 48.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 32.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas fired
Energy performance
2 Bassett Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Jan 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Bassett Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension
- Agent
- Frontier Architecture Ltd
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00767/HFUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 2 Bassett Close
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Bassett Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£359,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 18 years.
£242,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
17 November 2014Most recent
£242,000
+53.7%over 8 years17 March 2006
£157,500
+88.6%over 6 years26 March 1999
£83,500
+41.5%over 2 years22 November 1996
£59,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 2UQ: £234,000 (2018–2009).
Nearby sales in CB4 2UQ
Everything we know about 2 Bassett Close, 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 Bassett Close homes
2 Bassett Close outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,553
Street avg £2,747
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.1 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Cambridge Regional College. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.1dB