19 Chalkhill Barrow is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 64.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £380,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
19 Chalkhill Barrow has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£417,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 19 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 19 years.
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EPC Rating for 19 Chalkhill Barrow lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £3,728
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 107 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
45.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
11 March 2022Most recent
£380,000
+8.6%over 3 years19 September 2018
£350,000
+114.8%over 15 years27 September 2002
£162,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £385,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
SG8 6HG
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