7b is a semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5PS). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since June 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 106.8% above the 2004 sale of £147,000. At 68 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 28 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
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7b'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jun 2025
7b has no planning applications on record.
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7b changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.1% per year over 1 year.
£147,000
Growth on file: 12.1% per year over 1 year.
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On epc rating, 7b runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,162
Street avg £2,333
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
14 June 2004Most recent
£147,000
+17.1%over 1 year24 January 2003
£125,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5PS: £290,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB