Cowell Chambers, Flat 1, 8 High Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5HD

Cowell Chambers is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5HD). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 64 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Cowell Chambers, where floor areas span 30–98 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 sits 78.8% above the 2014 sale of £79,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 30.9% below the postcode norm. 12 years since the last transfer (February 2014).