8 Eastfield Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 7ED). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £638,000 is 20.4% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£600/sq ft) was about 134.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2023 at £530,000.
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8 Eastfield Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
8 Eastfield Road has no planning applications on record.
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8 Eastfield Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£638,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£530,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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8 Eastfield Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,463
Street avg £3,603
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 163 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
0.2 km
Poplar Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
17 November 2023Most recent
£530,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7ED: £752,000 (2022–2014).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
SG8 7FB
Closest school
0.3 km
Icknield Walk First School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB