The Cottage, Red Lion Square, Soham, Ely, CB7 5HQ

The Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 sits 72.8% above the 2014 sale of £132,500. On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.