12 Byron Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 7DP). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 103.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 84 m² it's 21.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 8 EPCs). Sold October 2021 for £385,000. 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.
Reposition existing front door and insertion of full length window to front elevation and replace existing front attached garage door with a window to facilitate conversion of garage into habitable accommodation
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 15 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 15 years.
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What we flagged
Price per m² for 12 Byron Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,583
Street avg £3,037
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Green Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
19 October 2021Most recent
£385,000
+97.4%over 15 years10 May 2006
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7DP: £423,000 (2023–2014).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
SG8 7XA
Closest school
0.5 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB