11 Cedar Close is a detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2013 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
It hasn't traded since December 2003, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £620,000 sits 181.8% above the 2003 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 25.1% below the postcode norm. At 128 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 energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2018. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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11 Cedar Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Convert one single garage to living accommodation and add en suite on first floor
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£620,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 8 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 8 years.
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EPC Rating for 11 Cedar Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,719
Street avg £3,092
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 96 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.
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
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
4 December 2003Most recent
£220,000
+110.5%over 7 years17 May 1996
£104,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BL: £365,000 (2025–2015).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
SG8 6AH
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