5 Fortune Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5YR). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1877 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since May 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £603,000 is 45.3% above the 2010 sale price. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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5 Fortune Way'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2019
5 Fortune Way has no planning applications on record.
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5 Fortune Way has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£603,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 12 years.
£415,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 12 years.
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Floor Area for 5 Fortune Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,380
Street avg £3,720
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
27 May 2010Most recent
£415,000
-5.7%over 2 years2 July 2007
£440,000
+76.0%over 6 years10 April 2001
£250,000
+30.5%over 2 years28 October 1998
£191,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5YR: £575,000 (2024–2020).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
SG8 5FL
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB