40 Station Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0NP). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 is 37.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. At 96 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Feb 2024
40 Station Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
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40 Station Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 16 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 16 years.
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40 Station Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,385
Street avg £3,957
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 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.
Nearest stop
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Conservatory
21 May 2014Most recent
£325,000
+64.1%over 9 years26 July 2004
£198,000
+130.2%over 5 years27 October 1998
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0NP: £600,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
SG8 0LP
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB