25 Chapel Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Litlington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 134.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £440,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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25 Chapel Close has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 25 Chapel Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£429,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 27 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 27 years.
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On price per m², 25 Chapel Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,577
Street avg £1,855
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
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.
Closest school
1.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
19 May 2022Most recent
£440,000
+57.1%over 6 years29 May 2015
£280,000
+132.4%over 13 years31 August 2001
£120,500
+52.5%over 3 years30 April 1998
£78,995
+31.8%over 2 years29 September 1995
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0QJ: £254,000 (2021–2012).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
SG8 0LP
Bassingbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB