7 Kefford Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5UL). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 78% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
7 Kefford Close has no planning applications on record.
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Price for 7 Kefford Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 26 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 26 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 7 Kefford Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,912
Street avg £4,456
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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.
Nearest stop
2.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
27 September 2022Most recent
£280,000
+12.0%over 4 years29 June 2018
£250,000
+357.9%over 21 years22 November 1996
£54,596
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5UL: £355,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
35.9dB