8 Cannons Close is a semi-detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JL). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 sits 51% above the 2014 sale of £232,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 19.3% below the postcode norm. Last sold in February 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 88 m² it's 15.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 9 EPCs).
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8 Cannons Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Dec 2020
8 Cannons Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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8 Cannons Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 17 years.
£232,500
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 17 years.
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On price per m², 8 Cannons Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,640
Street avg £3,498
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 70 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
0.4 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
19 February 2014Most recent
£232,500
+5.7%over 2 years28 November 2011
£220,000
+64.2%over 10 years23 February 2001
£134,000
+119.7%over 4 years20 September 1996
£61,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JL: £220,000 (2021–2004).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB