23a, The Shade, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DE

23a is a five-bedroom detached house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

It hasn't traded since September 1998, a hold of 28 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 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £744,000 sits 297.9% above the 1998 sale of £187,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 65.6% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.