31 Knutsford Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5HR). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 sits 516.7% above the 1997 sale of £42,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 75.3% below the postcode norm.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jan 2026
31 Knutsford Road has no planning applications on record.
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31 Knutsford Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£259,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£42,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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31 Knutsford Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£724
Street avg £2,662
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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.
Nearest stop
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
3 February 1997Most recent
£42,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5HR: £164,000 (2024–2002).

Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
SG8 5LY
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB