48 Clear Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6JD). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 is 18.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 30.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £368,000 in March 2021. 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.
48 Clear Crescent has an approved side extension on the planning record.
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48 Clear Crescent has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 21 years.
£368,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 21 years.
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On floor area, 48 Clear Crescent stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,874
Street avg £3,215
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 73 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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Side of property
Single storey front and two storey side extension
Porch and Carport
31 March 2021Most recent
£368,000
+250.5%over 20 years21 June 2000
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6JD: £397,500 (2024–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
SG8 6HG
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB