What type of property is The Old School, CB7 5UB?

The Old School, CB7 5UB is a semi-detached house.

When did The Old School, CB7 5UB last change hands?

The Old School, CB7 5UB last sold for £135,000 in June 2022, around 4 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is The Old School, CB7 5UB?

The current EPC rating for The Old School, CB7 5UB is G with a score of 9 out of 100, lodged in June 2019. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of The Old School, CB7 5UB?

The Old School, CB7 5UB has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (947 sq ft). That makes it about 36% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CB7 5UB. Source: EPC Register.

How is The Old School, CB7 5UB heated?

The latest EPC at The Old School, CB7 5UB records dual fuel as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Where is The Old School, CB7 5UB located?

The Old School, CB7 5UB sits in Barway, Ely, Ely. It falls within the CB7 postcode district in Cambridgeshire.

What is crime like near The Old School, CB7 5UB?

Police records around The Old School, CB7 5UB show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 42% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve The Old School, CB7 5UB?

The closest primary school to The Old School, CB7 5UB is Little Thetford CofE Primary School (1.5km).

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The Old School, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UB

Property type

Semi-detached

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

88 m²

947 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 9

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About The Old School

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Old School is a semi-detached house in Barway, Ely, Ely (CB7 5UB). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 sits 91.9% above the 2022 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 41.6% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £135,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

The Old School sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

—

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

12.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Old School, Barway, Ely, CB7 5UB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Old School has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

8applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£259,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2022)

£135,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

19 June 2022Most recent
£135,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 5UB: £455,000 (2024–2021).

Nearby sales in CB7 5UB

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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.

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On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, The Old School runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,534

Street avg £3,029

Below

Floor Area

88 m²

Street avg 129 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

12.0 t/year

Street avg 6.9 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ely district page.

Full Ely report

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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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB7 5UB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

40.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CB7 5UB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.1dB

Low

55 dB

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65 dB

70 dB

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80 dB

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