Redlands is a detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7QN). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2019) 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 October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Redlands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Redlands has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£607,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
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.
Closest school
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Installation of front bay windows either side of front door with hipped lean-to roof over creating external porch demolition of existing detached garage and erection of single storey side/rear extension to include new garage erection of single storey rear extensions erection of part single/part two storey rear extension and alteration to existing first floor side elevation bathroom window and first floor rear elevation cupboard window
*New application for planning permission to replace extant planning permission*
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7QN: £420,000 (2023–2002).

Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB