18 Pipers Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7RX). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a balcony.
It hasn't traded since November 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £429,000 sits 376.7% above the 1998 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 63.7% below the postcode norm. At 97 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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18 Pipers Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£429,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£90,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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18 Pipers Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£928
Street avg £3,298
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 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.
Closest school
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

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
25 November 1998Most recent
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7RX: £350,000 (2025–2020).

CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 7XA
Fowlmere Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB