Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
6 Shafto Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Buckworth, Huntingdon, Huntingdon (PE28 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold July 2025 for £475,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
6 Shafto Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 April 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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6 Shafto Cottages has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 6 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Extension: Rear of property
Rear part two storey and part single storey extension
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Latest sale on 6 Shafto Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£500,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 12 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 12 years.
31 July 2025Most recent
£475,000
+106.5%over 12 years11 July 2013
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE28 5AP: £295,000 (2023–2017).
5 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Sold May 2023
4 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Sold Oct 2022
2 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Sold Sept 2019
7 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Sold Mar 2018
Fenhurst, Barham Road, Buckworth, Huntingdon, PE28 5AP
Sold Apr 2017
On years held, 6 Shafto Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,167
Street avg £2,745
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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Crime
231/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
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