1-bedroom house · CB3 0AH
To rentReduced £10 (−1.1%) on 20 OctListed 50 days · slow let
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Property Reference: 2941782.
150 metres from Magdalene College Porter's Lodge - one first floor double room, the Ready Room (£950, including council tax and all the other bills), in a circa 1775 grade II listed semi-detached house is available 04-Nov-26 .
Improvements since March 2024 • In March and May 2024 the rope banisters were replaced with varnished wooden hand rails (much better!) and an imitation (£1200) Chippendale desk was added to the bridge.
• In July 2024 a new mattress (190cm long, 120 cm wide, 20cm deep) was added to the compass platform.
• In August 2024 a new mattress (190cm long, 120 cm wide, 20 cm deep), with a new head boarded bed, for those precise dimensions was added to the bridge • In March 2025 a new bench and coffee table (£330) were added to the rose arbour (yard) and in May 2025 the bathroom tiling was improved.
• In Aug 2025 a new (head-boarded) double bed, 190 cm long, 120 cm wide, (for 20 cm deep mattress) replaced the old bed in the compass platform along with an imitation Chippendale writing desk (£1290), in this case in old Yew wood.
A new mattress 190 cm long, 120 cm wide, (20 cm deep) replaced the old in the Ready Room on 18-Aug-2025. Minor repairs were made to the upper spiral staircase and wardrobes in July 2025.
• On 01-Sep-25 part of the Kitchen, part of the Bridge, the main stairwell and the Compass Platform were re-painted.
• The Ready Room's carpet was replaced with the floorboards underneath that were lacquered in December 2025.
• In the compass platform a new Skylight with storm blind replaced the old in December 2025. • The bathroom was renovated (again but better this time) in January 2026.
• In January 2026 a relatively long to deep ratio £1290 imitation Chippendale writing desk in old Yew wood was added to the Ready Room.
• In July 2026 two steel cowlings were added to the old and new tumble drier vents to mouse proof the ground floor and the back door was painted gloss white.
The bridge ceiling was part painted in September. Please Note This Is A Room In A Shared Accommodation. The property is shared between four tenants when all rooms are taken.
The three already taken are so by, a twenty something warm hearted Polish born lady who took the Captain's Cabin on the second floor in 2025, the twenty something University of Cambridge postgraduate student from the USA who has taken the Compass Platform on the first floor and the twenty something University of Anglia Ruskin post graduate gentleman law student from Constantinople who has taken the bridge on the ground floor.
The room is offered only to one person (as the house is small and so this is to avoid overcrowding).
The Ready Room photographs (numbers eight, nine and ten) is from 2026 but the newly lacquered floor is obscured by a rug the tenant has laid down and the room made a little smaller by the storage unit she has added.
We may have the room properly photographed in early November once her stuff has been moved out if we have not let the room by then.
The Ready Room (which is on the first floor at the front) is 2.4 x 4.2 (10.1) square metres, has a lacquered wood floor.
It benefits from an imitation Chippendale desk made relatively long and shallow to suit the dimensions of the room and a built in wardrobe.
The bed is in a Japanese style (I just mean it is low) and is a double.
- No smokers - No pets (as it is a house of multiple occupation) - Students, particularly postgraduate or mature students of the University of Cambridge, are favoured.
- No deposit The rent includes all the bills.
Were these amortised between a putative four inhabitants and charged separately they would amount to £55 per month (council tax), £45 per month (electricity), £35 per month (gas), £50 per month (optical fibre all the way internet), £25 per month (water and sewage) and gardening £20 per month so, for comparison with equivalent properties where all bills are not included you could allow, for £230 per month included.
Summary & Exclusions: - Rent Amount: £950.00 per month (£219.23 per week) - Deposit / Bond: £0.00 - 4 Bedroom Property (1 room currently available for rent) - 1 Bathrooms - Property comes furnished - Available to move in from 04 November 2026 - Maximum number of tenants is 1 - Students welcome to enquire - No Smokers - Bills Included - No Parking Available - Property has garden access - EPC Rating: EPC Not Required (Shared Accommodation) If calling, please quote reference: 2941782 Fees: You will not be charged any admin fees.
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