2 Fortune Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5YR). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 158.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £575,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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2 Fortune Way has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£570,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 24 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 24 years.
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2 Fortune Way outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,044
Street avg £3,478
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
1 July 2022Most recent
£575,000
+64.3%over 10 years23 September 2011
£350,000
+110.2%over 13 years22 September 1998
£166,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5YR: £545,000 (2024–2019).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
SG8 5UP
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB