8 Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NP
About 8 Brook Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Brook Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5NP). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in November 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £732,000 sits 281.3% above the 1997 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 67.8% below the postcode norm. At 174 m² it's 27.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
8 Brook Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F37
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
8 Brook Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Brook Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£732,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1997)
£192,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Brook Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 8 Brook Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,103
Street avg £3,293
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 5NP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 6 points of interest in total.
Common questions
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