2 Beechwood Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BH). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £392,000 is 21.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 122.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 72 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).
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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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jun 2022
2 Beechwood Avenue has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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2 Beechwood Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£392,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 19 years.
£322,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 19 years.
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On floor area, 2 Beechwood Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,472
Street avg £3,897
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 93 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.
Nearest stop
1.5 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
30 January 2017Most recent
£322,000
+40.0%over 3 years20 February 2013
£230,000
-4.2%over 4 years27 June 2008
£239,995
+29.7%over 3 years15 October 2004
£185,000
+122.9%over 7 years30 September 1997
£83,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BH: £425,000 (2024–2020).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
SG8 6BH
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB