8 Chaucer Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 is 38.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 30.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
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8 Chaucer Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 May 2024
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
8 Chaucer Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 18 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 18 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
8 Chaucer Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,716
Street avg £3,162
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
What's in 8 Chaucer Road, Royston, SG8 5AP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
30 October 2014Most recent
£315,000
+384.6%over 17 years11 December 1996
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5AP: £385,000 (2025–2019).

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