10 Cardinals Gate is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 5XD). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (68 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 141% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold February 2020 for £220,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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10 Cardinals Gate sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
10 Cardinals Gate has no planning applications on record.
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Price for 10 Cardinals Gate has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£240,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 23 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 23 years.
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10 Cardinals Gate outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,116
Street avg £3,429
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 56 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Princes Mews — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
5 February 2020Most recent
£220,000
+266.7%over 21 years4 March 1998
£60,000
+2.6%over 8 months30 June 1997
£58,500
+6.4%over 6 months17 December 1996
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5XD: £265,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 1.7 t/year
SG8 5LY
Closest school
0.3 km
Tannery Drift School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB