Clover Cottage is a semi-detached house in Heydon, Royston, Royston (SG8 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in May 2006. Today's modelled estimate of £523,000 sits 66.6% above the 2006 sale of £313,950. At 102 m² it's 28.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 11 EPCs).
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Clover Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£313,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Clover Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,078
Street avg £7,391
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
2 May 2006Most recent
£313,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7NT: £515,000 (2023–2019).
The Grange Chrishall Grange Heydon Royston
Sold Sept 2023
Cottage 4 Chrishall Grange Heydon Royston
Sold Jun 2023
3 South Barn Chrishall Grange Heydon Royston
Sold Oct 2019
2 South Barn Chrishall Grange Heydon Royston
Sold Mar 2019
Wendy Cottage Chrishall Grange Heydon Royston
Sold Mar 2015

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
SG8 7TR
Pinkeneys — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB