17 Park View is a semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5PS). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 83.7% above the 2013 sale of £190,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Last sold in August 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jan 2023
17 Park View has no planning applications on record.
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17 Park View valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£190,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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17 Park View is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,159
Street avg £2,333
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 August 2013Most recent
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5PS: £290,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB