26 Ackroyd Road, Royston, SG8 7DS
3 sales on record
About 26 Ackroyd Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
26 Ackroyd Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 7DS). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £410,000 is 37.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£271/sq ft) was about 31.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² it's 22.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). On the market in July 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
26 Ackroyd Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Sept 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 26 Ackroyd Road, Royston, SG8 7DS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
26 Ackroyd Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications 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.
26 Ackroyd Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£410,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2015)
£298,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Ackroyd Road homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, 26 Ackroyd Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,922
Street avg £3,150
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 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.
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
Ackroyd Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 7DS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
Common questions
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