8 Clare Street, Cambridge, CB4 3BY

8 Clare Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB4 3BY). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Held since February 2005 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £686,000 sits 149.5% above the 2005 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 26.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 120 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).