The Corner Cottage, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UB
About The Corner Cottage
The Corner Cottage is a detached house in Barway, Ely, Ely (CB7 5UB). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1114 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 38.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 51.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2018 for £310,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Corner Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jan 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Corner Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Front and rear extension to existing dwelling and removal of existing conservatory
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00864/FUL
- May 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
First floor extension over existing kitchen and two storey rear extension to form new utility room, lobby and bathroom over.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 08/00313/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Corner Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 12 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
2 August 2018Most recent
£310,000
+14.0%over 11 years10 August 2006
£272,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 5UB: £195,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB7 5UB
Everything we know about The Corner Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
On habitable rooms, The Corner Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,995
Street avg £2,737
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.5 km
Little Thetford CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.1dB