9 Ash Grove is a four-bedroom detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1462 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 is 22.5% above the 2017 sale price. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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9 Ash Grove's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Mar 2020
9 Ash Grove has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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9 Ash Grove has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 18 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 18 years.
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Floor Area for 9 Ash Grove runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,688
Street avg £3,917
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
2 October 2017Most recent
£365,000
+221.6%over 18 years30 July 1999
£113,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BJ: £400,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
SG8 6BZ
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
38.1dB