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By comparing it to neighbours, we estimate that it is a period house with 733 ft2 of internal area and sits on a 1,076 m2 plot and a garden.
Houses of this size in this area normally have 3 bedrooms.
Based on available information, and assuming reasonable condition, the estimated sale value for The Cottage, Ely is £286,078 and the estimated rental value is £1,191 per month.
Downham Common, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 is located in the borough of East Cambridgeshire within the CB6 postal district.
The Cottage, Ely has 21 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in March 2014 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Decorative condition can have a big effect on a property's value and this effect varies depending on the type, size and location of the property.
If The Cottage, Ely is in very good condition we estimate a sale value of £300,382 and a rental value of £1,251 per month.
However, if the property needs a lot of cosmetic work we estimate a sale value of £266,052 and a rental value of £1,108 per month.
Over the last 12 months the sale value of The Cottage Ely has decreased by an estimated £5,040 (1.8%) and its rental value has increased by an estimated £19 per month (1.6%), giving an expected gross yield of 5%.
According to data from HM Land Registry, The Cottage, Ely sits on a plot of 1076m2.
We have plot size data on 9 out of 15 other houses in the postcode and The Cottage, Ely sits on the 7th largest plot.
According to HM Land Registry, The Cottage, Ely was last sold on 28th March 2014 for £156,500 and was recorded as a freehold house.
The property has had 2 sales since 1995.
Since March 2014, the market for similar properties has risen 57.6%
According to the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents, there have been 3 sales of properties similar to The Cottage, Ely within a radius of 4.5 kilometres over the last 2 years.
The most recent example is 15, Main Street, Ely, CB6 2ED, a freehold house which sold for £250,000 on the 12th March 2025.
Read more about house prices in CB6.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Downham Common, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 has a total of 15 addresses. According to our analysis of all the public data, The Cottage, Ely is the 15th largest and the 15th most expensive property on the street.
When compared to the postcode district it is £61k less expensive than the average property in CB6.
The closest station to The Cottage, Ely is Littleport station which is 5.8 kilometres away.
According to recent data from Ofcom, there is poor internet coverage in this area which may result in poor or no internet connectivity.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Slow/none broadband is available in the area.
According to data from the Environment Agency, the flood risk in this area is considered to be very low.
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The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around The Cottage, Ely, 52.6% of property is privately owned outright and 27.4% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around The Cottage, Ely, 15.4% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 30.5% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around The Cottage, Ely, the average age was 43.6 and the most common age was 47.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around The Cottage, Ely, 0.6% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around The Cottage, Ely, there are an average of 2.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.