3 Elbourn Way is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 is 11.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 83.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Sold June 2021 for £272,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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3 Elbourn Way has no planning applications on record.
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3 Elbourn Way has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 26 years.
£272,500
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 26 years.
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On floor area, 3 Elbourn Way runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,866
Street avg £3,609
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
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.
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
Hot water efficiency improved
Wall insulation upgraded
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
30 June 2021Most recent
£272,500
+9.0%over 3 years24 May 2018
£250,000
+327.4%over 22 years22 December 1995
£58,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5UJ: £550,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
SG8 5LS
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