16 Guise Lane is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 is 15.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 56.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16 Guise Lane has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£270,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 16 Guise Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,355
Street avg £3,101
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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.
Closest school
1.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
28 June 2021Most recent
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5PJ: £359,995 (2024–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 9.0 t/year
SG8 5XD
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB