12 Brookside is a three-bedroom detached house in Orwell, Royston, Royston (SG8 5TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 120.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer was December 2024 at £370,000 — fresh data. At 79 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 31 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
12 Brookside has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£390,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 22 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 22 years.
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Years Held for 12 Brookside lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,684
Street avg £3,491
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 81 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
9 December 2024Most recent
£370,000
+118.9%over 22 years23 August 2002
£169,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5TQ: £400,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
SG8 5UJ
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB