8 Betjeman Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 5UP). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 82% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £475,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2018. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).
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8 Betjeman Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jan 2022
Works to existing garage to facilitate conversion into habitable space.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£516,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 24 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 24 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
Price per m² for 8 Betjeman Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,315
Street avg £3,290
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Roysia Schools — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What's in 8 Betjeman Road, Royston, SG8 5UP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
19 March 2021Most recent
£475,000
+58.3%over 8 years11 April 2012
£300,000
+7.1%over 5 years16 January 2007
£280,000
+135.4%over 10 years18 October 1996
£118,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5UP: £472,000 (2024–2016).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
SG8 5AP
Closest school
0.2 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.4dB