4 Chequers Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Orwell, Royston, Royston (SG8 5UN). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2012) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 64.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 100 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 3 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Sold October 2020 for £475,000.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Dec 2022
4 Chequers Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
Extensions
Latest sale on 4 Chequers Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£499,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 23 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 23 years.
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On floor area, 4 Chequers Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,750
Street avg £4,387
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension
What's in 4 Chequers Close, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5UN's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
28 October 2020Most recent
£475,000
+18.8%over 5 years5 October 2015
£400,000
+281.0%over 18 years30 May 1997
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5UN: £285,000 (2021–2009).

Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
SG8 5QW
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB