Hayesden is a five-bedroom detached house in Litlington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0QB). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 21.5% below the postcode norm. At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 11 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £950,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Hayesden sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Hayesden has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
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Hayesden has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£939,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 20 years.
£950,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 20 years.
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On price per m², Hayesden runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,975
Street avg £5,901
Floor Area
239 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
2.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
New two storey dwelling
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Front single storey extension
29 October 2021Most recent
£950,000
+442.9%over 19 years29 November 2001
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0QB: £462,500 (2024–2011).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
SG8 0JX
Bassingbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB