12 Chalkhill Barrow is a five-bedroom detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: May 2023 at £645,000.
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12 Chalkhill Barrow has no planning applications on record.
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12 Chalkhill Barrow has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£676,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 21 years.
£645,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 21 years.
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What we flagged
12 Chalkhill Barrow is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£4,272
Street avg £3,768
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 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
45.9dB

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
24 May 2023Most recent
£645,000
+115.0%over 20 years4 October 2002
£299,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £380,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
SG8 6QJ
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.7 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB