30 Brooke Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 7DR). 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 (October 2012) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £380,000 is 13.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £335,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 73 m² it's 23.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 7 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Oct 2022
Erection of 3m high fence along rear boundary adjacent to railway line to the rear of properties 26, 28, 30 and 34 Brooke Road, Royston.
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Price for 30 Brooke Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£380,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 24 years.
£335,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 24 years.
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On price per m², 30 Brooke Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,589
Street avg £3,268
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
Roysia Surgery — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
15 February 2022Most recent
£335,000
+65.0%over 8 years31 May 2013
£203,000
+93.3%over 12 years2 April 2001
£105,000
+43.8%over 3 years26 March 1998
£73,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7DR: £358,000 (2025–2014).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
SG8 7DP
Closest school
0.5 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB