13 Nightingale Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 is 14.3% above the 2022 sale price. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2006. Sold January 2022 for £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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13 Nightingale Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extensions to Bungalow to Form Two Storey Dwelling
Sale price has at least doubled since 2006.
£537,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 16 years.
£470,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 16 years.
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13 Nightingale Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,264
Street avg £3,674
Floor Area
144 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
What's in 13 Nightingale Avenue, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5JE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
28 January 2022Most recent
£470,000
+172.5%over 15 years7 April 2006
£172,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5JE: £400,000 (2025–2021).
7 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Sept 2025
12c Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Oct 2024
1 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Aug 2022
6 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Dec 2021
11 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Sept 2021

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SG8 5FL
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