27 High Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5NE). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -11.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 73.6% above the 2007 sale of £330,000.
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27 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
27 High Street has no planning applications on record.
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27 High Street changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£573,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -11.3% per year over 1 year.
£330,000
Growth on file: -11.3% per year over 1 year.
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On price per m², 27 High Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,215
Street avg £3,178
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 154 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
25 October 2007Most recent
£330,000
-12.0%over 1 year29 September 2006
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5NE: £525,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
SG8 5UP
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