39 New Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 22.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£668/sq ft) was about 218.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On the market in January 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused.
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39 New Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Continuous temporary change of use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) to religious meeting hall (Class F1).
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39 New Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£501,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 10 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 10 years.
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39 New Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,193
Street avg £3,522
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Temporary Change of Use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) to religious meeting hall (Class F1).
30 January 2017Most recent
£410,000
+26.2%over 9 years16 February 2007
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JN: £420,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
SG8 0NZ
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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