Top Flat, 171 Victoria Road, Cambridge, CB4 3BU

Top Flat is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB4 3BU). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£545/sq ft) was about 108.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £275,572. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.