3-bedroom semi-detached house · CB5 8HW
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About
16 Garlic Row is a 3-bedroom semi-detached eco-house recently renovated by Architect and Passivhaus Consultant, Oliver Cooper.
The property enjoys an increasingly popular location and is within a 6 minute cycle/24 minute walk (approx.) of the Cambridge North Railway Station.
Standing semi-detached of brick elevations under recently re-roofed natural slate roof, the property offers scope with planning permission granted to extend out at ground and first floor level to the rear.
There is a extremely generous sized rear garden (70-ft approx) which offers a good deal of privacy and would more than accommodate such an extension.
Key features include:- • Completely reconfigured to make careful use of the space: The new layout brings lots of natural light into the heart of the new functional open plan living space.
• Retrofitted using Passivhaus principles with Solar pv panels on the roof: Energy consumption has been cut by over 80% and bills cut by over 50%.
The home is comfortable year-round and is completely fossil-fuel free as it runs off a small air source heat pump, making it ideal for people aiming to cut bills and live with net zero carbon impact.
• A healthy home: The house features natural materials throughout and has a whole-house ventilation system achieving excellent indoor air quality throughout by continuously supplying fresh filtered air to each room.
This system also saves energy by recovering heat from the air in winter and keeps the house cool on peak summer days by rejecting heat from incoming air.
• Great transport links via Cambridge and Cambridge North. • Solar Photovoltaic Panels on roof generate ~900 kWh of electricity per year.
• The home featured as part of Cambridge Open Eco-Homes and more information about that can be found here: Large garden with lawn, greenhouse and growing beds. • Loft with large storage deck.
• Continuous whole-house ventilation system with Passivhaus certified 90% heat recovery. • EPC rating of B (scoring 91), placing it in the top 2% of all English homes for Energy Efficiency.
• Large garden with lawn, greenhouse and growing beds.
• In addition to the extension already granted planning permission, there is scope to build an annex or home office/studio in the garden (STPP) • Garage with ample space for workshop, bikes, storage etc.
• Top-down bottom-up blinds for optimising privacy/light.
• Minimalist contemporary detailing throughout • Extra-large electrically operated rooflight with rain sensor allows natural ventilation overnight - ideal for cooling the house on summer nights.
• Ultra efficient heat pump heating and hot water system.
• Washing machine fed by heat pump for ultra low energy clothes washing • Water softener • On street parking • Super insulated roof & floor & triple glazing at front of house.
• Access to green space with Stourbridge Common and the River Cam a three minute walk away. Cambridge City Centre is an easy stroll along the riverside path.
The property really needs to be viewed to be fully appreciated. Details: • Light-filled open plan living space. • New fitted kitchen with induction hob, double oven and fitted microwave.
• 3 bedrooms, 2 of which doubles with built-in wardrobe storage. • Large garden with lawn, greenhouse and growing beds.
• Minimalist contemporary detailing throughout • Continuous whole-house ventilation system with Passivhaus certified 90% heat recovery. • Ultra efficient heat pump heating and hot water system.
• Solar Photovoltaic Panels on roof generate ~900 kWh of electricity per year.
• Extra-large electrically operated rooflight with rain sensor allows natural ventilation overnight - ideal for cooling the house on summer nights.
• Washing machine fed by heat pump for ultra low energy clothes washing • Water softener • Garage with ample space for workshop, bikes, storage etc.
• On street parking • Super insulated roof & floor & triple glazing at front of house. • EPC rating of B, placing it in the top 4% of all English homes for Energy Efficiency.
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