1 Chaucer Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 108 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 29 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 127.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £499,950 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Chaucer Road has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 1 Chaucer Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£495,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£499,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for 1 Chaucer Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,629
Street avg £3,034
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Roysia School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
6 October 2022Most recent
£499,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5AP: £365,000 (2025–2019).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
SG8 5FL
Closest school
0.2 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB