20 Elbourn Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£308/sq ft) was about 24.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £520,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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20 Elbourn Way's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Jan 2024
20 Elbourn Way has no planning applications on record.
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Price for 20 Elbourn Way has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£559,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
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Floor Area for 20 Elbourn Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,312
Street avg £3,667
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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.
Nearest stop
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
17 August 2021Most recent
£520,000
+54.3%over 11 years18 December 2009
£337,000
+169.6%over 12 years25 April 1997
£124,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5UJ: £550,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
SG8 5UP
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB