1 Ash Grove, Ely, CB7 4TU
About 1 Ash Grove
1 Ash Grove is a detached house in Ely (CB7 4TU). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £450,000. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2012. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 106.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Ash Grove sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 and T2 Cypress - Fell
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/00861/TCON
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Ash Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£436,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 8 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
5 June 2025Most recent
£450,000
+55.2%over 7 years30 August 2017
£290,000
+11.5%29 June 2017
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4TU: £232,500 (2025–2019).
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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 Ash Grove homes
On epc rating, 1 Ash Grove runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,737
Street avg £3,719
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 2.3 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.
Nearest stop
1.7 km
Ely Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Spring Meadow Infant School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB