3 Carlton Rise is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 is 10.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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3 Carlton Rise has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£496,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.8% per year over 4 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 2.8% per year over 4 years.
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EPC Rating for 3 Carlton Rise runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,592
Street avg £5,343
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 77 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
1.6 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
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
2 August 2022Most recent
£450,000
+12.5%over 4 years24 April 2018
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BZ: £452,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 2.9 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
36.9dB