2 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
About 2 Riverside Close
2 Riverside Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Prickwillow, Ely, Ely (CB7 4UW). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 is 19% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 34.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £126,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2020Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
Demolition of existing bungalows and construction of 5 one and a half storey dwellings
- Documents
- 84 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00456/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£150,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£126,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 August 2021Most recent
£126,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4UW: £340,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB7 4UW
10 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
Sold Apr 2024
£375,0007 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
Sold Jul 2023
£422,0009 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
Sold Jun 2023
£340,0004 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
Sold Oct 2022
£122,0001 Riverside Close, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UW
Sold Nov 2021
£117,000
Everything we know about 2 Riverside Close, 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
Versus other Riverside Close homes
On floor area, 2 Riverside Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,800
Street avg £2,444
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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.
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
45.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB