# 3 bedroom link detached house for sale (CB6 3DN) ## Property Details | Key | Value | |-----|-------| | Address | 8 LONGFIELDS, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB6 3DN | | Price | £335,000 | | Bedrooms | 3 | | Bathrooms | 1 | | Council tax | C | | Construction age | England and Wales: 1967-1975 | | Floor area | 71 m² | | Last sold | £330,000 Jan 2026 | ## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost - **Current rating:** D - **Potential rating:** C - **Expiry date:** 12/08/2035 - **Current heating cost:** £827/year - **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £22,325 ### Recommendations - W2 (£5,000 - £10,000) - E (£300 - £350) - N (£4,000 - £7,000) - U (£8,000 - £10,000) [View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/9370-3053-3208-0165-6200) ## Description Cheffins are pleased to offer to the market this link detached family home, situated on a popular residential development within close proximity to St John's Primary School. Accommodation comprises entrance hall, living room, kitchen/dining room, 3 bedrooms and shower room, together with a driveway, single garage and low maintenance rear garden. This property is also being sold with the benefit of no upward chain and viewing is recommended. **Entrance Hall** - With front entrance door, double glazed window to front, door through to: **Living Room** - With double glazed window to front, radiator, feature electric fireplace, stairs rising to the first floor landing. Double doors leading through to: **Kitchen / Dining Room** - Fitted with a range of base and wall mounted units with work surfaces, 2 double glazed windows to rear, integrated extractor hood, integrated 4-ring gas hob with oven and grill, integrated washing machine and low-level fridge, sink unit and drainer with mixer tap, breakfast island, radiator, built-in storage cupboard, door to side leading into the garden, partially laid to vinyl. **First Floor Landing** - With access to loft, airing cupboard housing the pressurised water tank. **Bedroom 1** - With full-length double glazed window to front, radiator, built-in wardrobe. **Bedroom 2** - With double glazed window to rear, built-in wardrobe, radiator. **Bedroom 3** - With double glazed window to front, radiator, built-in over stairs storage cupboard housing the boiler. **Shower Room** - With double glazed opaque window to rear, low level WC, wash hand basin with mixer tap and tiled splashback, tiled shower cubicle, radiator, extractor fan, vinyl flooring, **Outside** - To the front of the property there is a mainly laid to lawn garden with established greenery to borders and tandem length driveway leading to a single garage with up and over door, electric points, double glazed window to rear and personnel door into the garden. The rear garden is fully enclosed by wooden fence panels and is low maintenance with patio area and gravelled section, timber shed and a variety of established trees, hedges and plants. **Viewing Arrangements** - Strictly by appointment with the Agents. ## Property Photos - ![Front.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517461) - Front.jpg - ![IMG_9082.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517462) - IMG_9082.JPG - ![IMG_9096.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517463) - IMG_9096.JPG - ![Garden.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517464) - Garden.jpg - ![IMG_9081.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517466) - IMG_9081.JPG - ![IMG_9095.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517469) - IMG_9095.JPG - ![IMG_9093.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517470) - IMG_9093.JPG - ![IMG_9088.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517471) - IMG_9088.JPG - ![IMG_9087.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517472) - IMG_9087.JPG - ![IMG_9090.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517473) - IMG_9090.JPG - ![IMG_9085.JPG](/listings/photos/166084352/517475) - IMG_9085.JPG - ![Garden 3.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517476) - Garden 3.jpg - ![Garden 2.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517477) - Garden 2.jpg - ![Garden 4.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517478) - Garden 4.jpg ## Floorplans - ![8LongfieldsFloorPlan.jpg](/listings/photos/166084352/517480) - 8LongfieldsFloorPlan.jpg ## EPC Graphs - ![EE Rating](/listings/photos/166084352/517481) - EE Rating ## FENSA Certificates This property has 1 FENSA certificate(s) on record. ### FENSA Certificate #4900705 - **Address:** 8 Longfields, ELY, CB6 3DN - **Certificate Issued:** 30/07/2007 - **Work Completed:** 18/05/2007 - **Items:** 1 window(s), 1 door(s) ## Sales History *Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | 8 LONGFIELDS, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DN | £330,000 | 13/01/2026 | Detached | ## Sold Comparables *Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | 10 LANSDOWNE CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3BL | £475,000 | 02/02/2026 | Detached | | 6 BEDFORD CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3EL | £455,000 | 19/12/2025 | Detached | | 21 THE CHASE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DR | £280,000 | 19/12/2024 | Detached | | 42 NORFOLK ROAD, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3EJ | £350,000 | 06/11/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 52 LONGFIELDS, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DN | £495,000 | 08/09/2023 | Detached | | 4 WARWICK DRIVE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3EN | £575,000 | 26/05/2023 | Detached | | 5 THE CHASE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DR | £340,000 | 06/04/2023 | Detached | | 120A ST JOHNS ROAD, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3BW | £270,000 | 31/03/2023 | Detached | | 1 LANSDOWNE CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3BL | £415,000 | 17/03/2023 | Detached | | 81 ST JOHNS ROAD, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3BW | £495,000 | 28/02/2023 | Detached | | 3 HERTFORD CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3QS | £485,000 | 14/12/2022 | Detached | | 7 YORKE WAY, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DT | £375,000 | 30/11/2022 | Detached | | 79 GATEWAY GARDENS, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DE | £239,950 | 21/10/2022 | Detached | | 18 NORTHAMPTON CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3QT | £420,000 | 25/08/2022 | Detached | | 57 GATEWAY GARDENS, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DE | £418,000 | 05/08/2022 | Detached | | 8 NORFOLK ROAD, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3EJ | £399,000 | 24/05/2022 | Detached | | 17 NORTHAMPTON CLOSE, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3QT | £440,000 | 08/04/2022 | Detached | | OAKTREE HOUSE, 17 KINGSLEY WALK, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3BZ | £625,150 | 04/03/2022 | Detached | | 18 MEADOW WAY, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3EX | £491,000 | 04/03/2022 | Detached | | 8 YORKE WAY, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DT | £342,000 | 01/02/2022 | Detached | | 3 PILGRIMS WAY, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DL | £410,000 | 07/01/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 65 LONGFIELDS, ELY, EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB6 3DN | £485,000 | 17/09/2021 | Detached | **Street average:** £490,000 (2 sales) **Area average:** £415,005 (20 sales) ## Price vs local average *Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).* - **Local average:** £456,840 (49 Detached, CB6, 2024–2026) - **Deviation:** -26.7% ## Rental Range *ONS Price Index of Private Rents (East Cambridgeshire). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.* - **Low:** £916/mo - **Realistic:** £1,018/mo - **Optimistic:** £1,120/mo ## 1% Rule - **Rent ratio:** 0.3% (weak for cashflow) - **Max investor price (0.8%):** £127,250 - **Target investor price (1%):** £101,800 *Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on Area rent estimate.* ## Price per Square Metre - **£/m²:** £4,718/m² ## Capital growth trend *Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.* - **5y growth:** 37.6% - **10y growth:** 51.8% ## House Price Index (HM Land Registry) *Official index for East Cambridgeshire; Detached series; as of March 2026.* - **1y growth (index):** 0.4% - **5y growth (index):** 17.9% - **10y growth (index):** 34.3% ## Flood risk - **Zone:** 1 - **Risk:** Low - **Source:** Job (default Low) [Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)