17 Bells Meadow is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JB). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in February 2002. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 194.8% above the 2002 sale of £116,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 38% below the postcode norm.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
17 Bells Meadow has no planning applications on record.
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17 Bells Meadow's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£342,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.5% per year over 5 years.
£116,000
Growth on file: 14.5% per year over 5 years.
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17 Bells Meadow outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,611
Street avg £3,135
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
8 February 2002Most recent
£116,000
+93.3%over 4 years27 March 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JB: £290,000 (2024–2018).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
SG8 0LP
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB