Appleacre Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7RU). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2486 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 231 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £889,000 is 22.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 44.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2018 for £723,250.
Appleacre Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at Appleacre Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
T1/T2 Horse Chestnuts - Over-extended limbs above adjacent property at increased risk of failure. Reduce height of over-extended limbs on northeast side of crown by approximately 2.5 - 3m. Sever Ivy at base of main stem up to 2m high.
Appleacre Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£889,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£723,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
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T1 - Horse Chestnut, reduce crown by 6m due to severe decay in main stem, reactive growth has occurred as seen in pictures, decay is 40% of the trees radius from one side and 15-20% from the other side of the tree, the tree is also close proximity to houses . T2 - Horse chestnut, reduce in height by 3m and reduce side over hanging caravan park by 1m Due to branches and Conkers damaging property and vehicles in high wind. T3 - Horse chestnut, reduce in height by 3m and reduce side over hanging caravan park by 1m Due to branches and Conkers damaging property and vehicles in high wind.
Full planning data for Appleacre Cottage, London Road, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7RU
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14 September 2018Most recent
£723,250
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG8 7RU: £529,500 (2017–1998).
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SG8 7XP
Fowlmere Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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