4a is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 45.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 126 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 16 EPCs). Last sale on file: £570,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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4a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
4a has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 4a was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£624,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 20 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 20 years.
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On price per m², 4a stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,524
Street avg £3,559
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
2 September 2021Most recent
£570,000
+153.3%over 19 years14 September 2001
£225,000
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
13 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Jan 2022
6 Nightingale Avenue Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Dec 2021

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 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