26 Benson Street, Cambridge, CB4 3QJ
About 26 Benson Street
26 Benson Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cambridge (CB4 3QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1101 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £760,000 sits 56.7% above the 2011 sale of £485,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 80.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
26 Benson Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jan 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Benson Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2011ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear exension to form sun lounge.
- Agent
- Ely Design Group
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/0601/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
26 Benson Street has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£760,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 15 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2011Most recent
£485,000
+256.6%over 14 years13 June 1996
£136,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 3QJ: £382,000 (2014–2006).
Nearby sales in CB4 3QJ
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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
Versus other Benson Street homes
Price per m² for 26 Benson Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,743
Street avg £2,865
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Luke's CofE Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB