5b, Barway Road, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UA

5b is a detached house in Barway, Ely, Ely (CB7 5UA). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 5 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 53.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £222,500 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.