18 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
About 18 Prickwillow Road
18 Prickwillow Road is a detached house in Queen Adelaide, Ely, Ely (CB7 4SH). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 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 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £549,000 sits 66.9% above the 2021 sale of £329,000. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused, 1 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. Sold March 2021 for £329,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
18 Prickwillow Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 18 Prickwillow Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Aug 2025FullIn report
Fencing and air conditioning units - retrospective
Retrospective- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00677/FUL
- Jan 2023FullIn report
Change of use to builders yard, new boundary fence and 2no double gates - Retrospective
Retrospective- Documents
- 25 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01719/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 18 Prickwillow Road
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
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£549,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£329,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 March 2021Most recent
£329,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4SH: £300,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CB7 4SH
11 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
Sold Aug 2025
£315,0004 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
Sold Mar 2021
£360,0008 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
Sold May 2019
£300,00023 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
Sold Feb 2017
£20,0006 Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7 4SH
Sold Jan 2016
£250,000
Everything we know about 18 Prickwillow Road, 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
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus other Prickwillow Road homes
18 Prickwillow Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,469
Street avg £1,456
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.9 km
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB