12 Carlton Rise is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 869 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 26.5% above the 2015 sale price. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 10 years since the last transfer (December 2015).
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12 Carlton Rise sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Oct 2018
12 Carlton Rise has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Price for 12 Carlton Rise has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£411,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 17 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 17 years.
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What we flagged
On epc rating, 12 Carlton Rise runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,024
Street avg £5,399
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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
1.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
4 December 2015Most recent
£325,000
+155.9%over 15 years24 November 2000
£127,000
+60.8%over 1 year21 May 1999
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BZ: £452,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 2.8 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
36.9dB