38 Aspen Way, Soham, Ely, CB7 5ZQ
About 38 Aspen Way
38 Aspen Way is a detached house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5ZQ). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 91.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
38 Aspen Way has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00280/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 13 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£315,000
+11.7%over 5 years15 December 2015
£282,000
+44.6%over 7 years3 January 2008
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 5ZQ: £450,000 (2025–2020).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Aspen Way homes
38 Aspen Way outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,500
Street avg £2,081
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 143 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 12 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Soham — railway station.
Closest school
0.8 km
The Shade Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB