4 Back Hill, Ely, CB7 4BZ
About 4 Back Hill
4 Back Hill is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ely (CB7 4BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include 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). Today's modelled estimate of £346,000 is 33.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 21% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2019 for £260,000.
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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
Energy performance
4 Back Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2025RenovationOutlineIn report
Replacement of front door
New Windows- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00590/CLP
- Mar 2015RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of two existing windows
New Windows- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00056/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Back Hill valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£346,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£260,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 June 2019Most recent
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4BZ: £362,500 (2024–2021).
Everything we know about 4 Back Hill, 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
On epc rating, 4 Back Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,364
Street avg £2,593
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 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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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB