42 Royston Road, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7NH

42 Royston Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Harston, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 7NH). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in December 2004. Across 1996–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 103.6% above the 2004 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 22.3% below the postcode norm. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).