22 High Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5NE). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1144 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £507,000 is 49.1% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sold in September 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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22 High Street's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jul 2020
Overgrown Fir tree to be felled due to height and proximity to overhead cables and properties. Tree is also too big for the site. Historically we believe it was a Christmas tree planted in the garden which has now reached an excessive height for the position it is in.
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22 High Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£507,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 12 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 12 years.
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What we flagged
22 High Street outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,200
Street avg £3,080
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 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
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Overgrown Fir tree to be felled due to height and proximity to overhead cables and properties. Tree is also too big for the site. Historically we believe it was a Christmas tree planted in the garden which has now reached an excessive height for the position it is in.
19 September 2011Most recent
£340,000
+19.3%over 9 years8 February 2002
£285,000
+90.0%over 2 years5 November 1999
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5NE: £525,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 8.6 t/year
SG8 5UX
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB