1 Cedar Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £652,000 sits 54.3% above the 2016 sale of £422,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in February 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
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1 Cedar Close has no planning applications on record.
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1 Cedar Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£652,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 21 years.
£422,500
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 21 years.
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Floor Area for 1 Cedar Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,855
Street avg £2,930
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 94 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
1.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
10 February 2016Most recent
£422,500
+69.0%over 11 years28 July 2004
£250,000
+171.0%over 9 years15 June 1995
£92,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BL: £355,000 (2025–2011).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
SG8 6EW
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
37.3dB