81 High Street is a detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JS). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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81 High Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 May 2024
Planning history at 81 High Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
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81 High Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£967,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
On epc rating, 81 High Street stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
68 (D)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
212 m²
Street avg 140 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
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
0.8 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
1 - Sorbus - Crown reduce by up to 2 m to viable growth points where possible and remove 2 x lowest secondary limbs
T1 - Whitebeam - Remove limb that is pushing over concrete fence post
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JS: £570,000 (2022–2014).

Street avg 9.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
SG8 0JX
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB