5 Cooks Garden, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6FT
EPC B
About 5 Cooks Garden
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Cooks Garden is a detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6FT). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2016) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -30.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 is 23.2% above the 2016 sale price. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in October 2016. At 131 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (176 m² median across 4 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
B85
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 5 Cooks Garden, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6FT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
5 Cooks Garden has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -30.1% per year over 3 years.
Last sold (2016)
£475,000
Growth on file: -30.1% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Cooks Garden homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
5 Cooks Garden outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,626
Street avg £3,623
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 174 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 6FT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 5 points of interest in total.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 5 Cooks Garden, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6FT. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.
