Runaway Bay, The Street, Lidgate, Newmarket, CB8 9PP

Runaway Bay is a four-bedroom detached house in Lidgate, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9PP). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1052 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in October 2006. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 sits 63.4% above the 2006 sale of £306,000. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a porch and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.