Reads Cottage, Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
About Reads Cottage
Reads Cottage is a detached house in Prickwillow, Ely, Ely (CB7 4UT). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since November 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 494.4% above the 2000 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Reads Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Reads Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Reads Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£214,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£36,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 November 2000Most recent
£36,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4UT: £450,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB7 4UT
58 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Oct 2024
£10,00060 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Mar 2022
£510,00048 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Jun 2021
£405,000Margoltom, Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Jun 2021
£675,00044 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Mar 2021
£397,000
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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
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus other Old Bank homes
Reads Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£643
Street avg £2,039
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB