14a, Back Hill, Ely, CB7 4BZ
About 14a
14a is a three-bedroom detached house in Ely (CB7 4BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 100.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £411,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed ground floor extension, part first floor extension, replacement front windows and replacing front boundary wall
New Windows- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00090/FUL
- Oct 2013Tree WorksTreesIn report
H1 Beech hedge - Reduce to 5'6'' height and cut back hard on garden side, H2 Cypress hedge - Reduce to 5'6'' height and lightly trim on garden side.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/00956/TRE
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 14a
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£411,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 May 2022Most recent
£411,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4BZ: £300,000 (2024–2019).
Everything we know about 14a, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Back Hill homes
Price per m² for 14a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,914
Street avg £2,522
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Ely Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
1.2 km
Ely St John's Community Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB