17 Chalkhill Barrow is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The latest certificate is from February 2013, 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 £390,000 is 44.4% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 23% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (July 2013).
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17 Chalkhill Barrow's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Feb 2023
17 Chalkhill Barrow has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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£390,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 11 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 11 years.
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What we flagged
On floor area, 17 Chalkhill Barrow runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,750
Street avg £3,797
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
19 July 2013Most recent
£270,000
+63.7%over 10 years20 September 2002
£164,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £385,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
SG8 6BH
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