25 Benson Street, Cambridge, CB4 3QJ

25 Benson Street is an eight-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cambridge (CB4 3QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £780,000 sits 57.6% above the 2006 sale of £495,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2006. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.