7 Chalkhill Barrow is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 68% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 62 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 25 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold February 2021 for £317,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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7 Chalkhill Barrow has no planning applications on record.
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7 Chalkhill Barrow has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£359,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 19 years.
£317,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 19 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Floor Area for 7 Chalkhill Barrow lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,113
Street avg £3,722
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
26 February 2021Most recent
£317,000
+6.6%over 2 years8 March 2018
£297,500
+115.7%over 15 years9 August 2002
£137,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £385,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 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