12 Nightingale Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
It hasn't traded since April 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 21.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 sits 69.3% above the 2006 sale of £290,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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12 Nightingale Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
12 Nightingale Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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12 Nightingale Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£491,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.1% per year over 7 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 21.1% per year over 7 years.
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On price per m², 12 Nightingale Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,028
Street avg £3,786
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
2.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 April 2006Most recent
£290,000
+305.6%over 7 years8 December 1998
£71,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5JE: £400,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Sept 2025
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Sold Oct 2024
1 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Aug 2022
13 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Jan 2022
6 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Dec 2021

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
SG8 5UX
Sassoon Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB