4 Guise Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 is 16.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£510/sq ft) was about 100% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £335,000 in June 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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4 Guise Lane'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Nov 2023
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Certificate of lawful development for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer
4 Guise Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£390,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
£335,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
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Price per m² for 4 Guise Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,492
Street avg £2,975
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 121 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.
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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior notification for a proposed single storey rear extension
What's in 4 Guise Lane, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5PJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
7 June 2019Most recent
£335,000
+34.0%over 5 years30 May 2014
£250,000
+4.2%over 5 years29 August 2008
£240,000
+29.7%over 4 years4 June 2004
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5PJ: £359,995 (2024–2016).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
SG8 5XD
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB