14 Chalkhill Barrow is a detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £610,000 is 10.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 57.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 25 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. Sold February 2020 for £552,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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14 Chalkhill Barrow ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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14 Chalkhill Barrow has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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14 Chalkhill Barrow has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£610,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 18 years.
£552,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 18 years.
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14 Chalkhill Barrow outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,800
Street avg £3,739
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Lawful Development Certificate for a single storey rear extension
21 February 2020Most recent
£552,000
+2.2%20 December 2019
£540,000
+54.3%over 12 years8 March 2007
£350,000
+12.9%over 2 years4 March 2005
£310,000
+26.6%over 2 years28 June 2002
£244,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £385,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.7 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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