31b, Clay Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5HJ

31b is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 63.4% above the 2014 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 20.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.