Thorntree House, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
About Thorntree House
Thorntree House is a five-bedroom detached house in Prickwillow, Ely, Ely (CB7 4UP). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
At 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 36% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £715,000 in May 2022. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
Thorntree House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Thorntree House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Thorntree House
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
Latest sale on Thorntree House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£690,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.4% per year over 20 years.
£715,000
Growth on file: 12.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
30 May 2022Most recent
£715,000
+90.7%over 16 years18 May 2006
£375,000
+420.8%over 3 years30 October 2002
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4UP: £375,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in CB7 4UP
Bridge Farm, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
Sold Oct 2024
£515,000Riverside Cottage, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
Sold Dec 2017
£485,000Grebe House, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
Sold Aug 2014
£375,000River Bank Cottage, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
Sold Apr 2007
£300,000Riverdale, Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UP
Sold Apr 2002
£185,000
Everything we know about Thorntree House, 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 Padnal Bank homes
Thorntree House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,979
Street avg £2,906
Floor Area
240 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB