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Get started35 Drinkwater Close is a detached house in Newmarket (CB8 0QN). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 104% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 58 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 28 EPCs). Last sale on file: £275,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
35 Drinkwater Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
Householder Planning Application - front porch
35 Drinkwater Close saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 8 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 8 years.
35 Drinkwater Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,741
Street avg £2,856
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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6 May 2022Most recent
£275,000
+14.6%over 3 years15 June 2018
£240,000
+14.3%over 4 years2 May 2014
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB8 0QN: £340,000 (2025–2021).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
CB8 0RE
Drinkwater Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Paddocks Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB
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