9 Chalkhill Barrow is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 52.5% above the 2013 sale of £227,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 25 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On the market in June 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Apr 2023
9 Chalkhill Barrow has no planning applications on record.
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£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 11 years.
£227,500
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 11 years.
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9 Chalkhill Barrow is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,611
Street avg £3,805
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
28 June 2013Most recent
£227,500
+57.0%over 10 years21 August 2002
£144,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6EQ: £385,000 (2025–2022).

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