3 Cheyney Street is a detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0LP). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since July 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £675,000 sits 121.3% above the 2006 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 34.8% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 185 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (149 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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3 Cheyney Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 3 Cheyney Street.
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3 Cheyney Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£675,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£305,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for 3 Cheyney Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,649
Street avg £3,890
Floor Area
185 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Installation of PV solar panels on the south facing roof of our garage which sits behind the house
Discharge of conditions for application S/1046/15/FL
14 July 2006Most recent
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0LP: £367,500 (2025–2018).
12 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Royston
Sold Nov 2025
2a Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Royston
Sold Apr 2024
11 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Royston
Sold May 2022
17 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Royston
Sold Sept 2021
1 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Royston
Sold Oct 2016

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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