5 Cambridge Road, Ely, CB7 4HJ
About 5 Cambridge Road
5 Cambridge Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Ely (CB7 4HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £866,000 is 17.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 62.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £735,000 in January 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- BasementYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
5 Cambridge Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Acacia - Fell & Replant with Silver Birch
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01250/TRE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Cambridge Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£866,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£735,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 January 2019Most recent
£735,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4HJ: £735,000 (2025–2022).
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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
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Cambridge Road homes
5 Cambridge Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,603
Street avg £2,746
Floor Area
204 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
1.0 km
Ely Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.7 km
Ely St John's Community Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB