15 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 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £394,000 sits 75.1% above the 2007 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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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15 Brookside has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
15 Brookside has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1995.
£394,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 12 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 12 years.
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15 Brookside outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,848
Street avg £3,564
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
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
13 September 2007Most recent
£225,000
+9.0%over 1 year20 September 2005
£206,500
+50.2%over 5 years18 August 2000
£137,500
+44.7%over 2 years3 October 1997
£95,000
+21.8%over 2 years12 May 1995
£78,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5TQ: £400,000 (2025–2023).

CO₂ Emissions
4.1 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