4 Byron Road is a semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 7DP). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 is 47.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 43.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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4 Byron Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 May 2024
4 Byron Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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4 Byron Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£354,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£240,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 4 Byron Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,288
Street avg £3,223
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 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
29 August 2014Most recent
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7DP: £423,000 (2023–2017).

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