17 Bramley Avenue, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6HG
About 17 Bramley Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Bramley Avenue is a semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6HG). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 1998 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 60 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 54 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 sits 418.2% above the 1998 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm.
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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.
17 Bramley Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Aug 2025
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Bramley Avenue, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6HG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
17 Bramley Avenue 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.
17 Bramley Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1998)
£55,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Bramley Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 54 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 17 Bramley Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£917
Street avg £3,286
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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.
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
1.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 6HG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 4 points of interest in total.
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