48 Station Road is a detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0NP). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 28.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,021/sq ft) was about 355.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (136 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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48 Station Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Apr 2023
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) Condition 4 (hard and soft landscaping) Condition 6 (boundary treatment) and Condition 7 (archaeological) of S/2216/14/FL
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48 Station Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£761,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 28.2% per year over 2 years.
£725,000
Growth on file: 28.2% per year over 2 years.
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48 Station Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,985
Street avg £3,324
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
Erection of detached dwelling and garage and formation of associated access
29 September 2017Most recent
£725,000
+81.3%over 2 years8 May 2015
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0NP: £600,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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