18 High Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JP). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £911,000 sits 57.1% above the 2015 sale of £580,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 19.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 240 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (208 m² median across 5 EPCs). Last sold in January 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.
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18 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at 18 High Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
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18 High Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£911,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 13 years.
£580,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 13 years.
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Price per m² for 18 High Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,417
Street avg £3,175
Floor Area
240 m²
Street avg 222 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
G1 - Shrubs not inc. side encroaching on number 16. Up to 6M - - Side up to 1M inside of curb edge T4 - Hazel at front (8M Multi stemmed up to 130mm) - Prune by up to 4M to remove overhang over vicarage drive. Also include other shrubs and small trees within this border (to also clear house)
1. Pink Chestnut - crown reduce 2m and crown lift 3m 2. Dead Leyland cypress hedge on right hand side at end of garden - fell to ground level 3. Fallen ivy covered tree at end of garden (partly on neighbours fence and caught up in neighbours Cherry tree and overhanging into garden) - fell to ground level
12 January 2015Most recent
£580,000
+84.1%over 12 years10 June 2002
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JP: £675,000 (2021–2014).

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 11.4 t/year
SG8 0QJ
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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