32 Barnack Grove is a one-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 5HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the 5th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 48.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 35 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold March 2022 for £180,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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32 Barnack Grove sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
32 Barnack Grove has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£188,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 17 years.
£180,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 17 years.
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32 Barnack Grove is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,750
Street avg £3,172
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 48 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Royston Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
18 March 2022Most recent
£180,000
+53.8%over 7 years16 May 2014
£117,000
+9.5%over 9 years15 October 2004
£106,875
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5HQ: £185,000 (2025–2023).

CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 1.2 t/year
SG8 5XD
Closest school
0.4 km
Tannery Drift School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB