2 High Street is a seven-bedroom detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JP). It has a recorded floor area of 321 m² (around 3455 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 0.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,196,000 is 19.6% above the 2014 sale price. At 321 m² the property is well over the postcode median (208 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in January 2014. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2 High Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Latest sale on 2 High Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,196,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.7% per year over 6 years.
£1,000,000
Growth on file: 0.7% per year over 6 years.
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On epc rating, 2 High Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,115
Street avg £3,036
Floor Area
321 m²
Street avg 206 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 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
43.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Erection of Front Boundary Fence and Entrance Gate Including Screening (Part Retrospective)
31 January 2014Most recent
£1,000,000
+4.2%over 6 years11 January 2008
£960,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JP: £580,000 (2021–2015).

CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB