50 Browning Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 7EY). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. At 65 m² this is the 6th smallest of 59 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–155 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to A, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 27.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 58 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £210,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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50 Browning Close has no planning applications on record.
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£215,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 4 years.
£210,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 4 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 50 Browning Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,231
Street avg £2,082
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Coombelands Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Solar PV panels (10 kWp) installed
27 June 2022Most recent
£210,000
+11.7%over 3 years23 October 2018
£188,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7EY: £405,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 1.0 t/year
SG8 7DS
Closest school
0.7 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.1dB