21 Pipers Close is a semi-detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7RX). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since November 2022. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since July 2000, a hold of 26 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. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 sits 212.8% above the 2000 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 20% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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21 Pipers Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Single storey garage/workshop at bottom of rear garden 6.1m depth x 7.5m wide x 3.73m High
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21 Pipers Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£294,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£94,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 21 Pipers Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,043
Street avg £3,159
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
14 July 2000Most recent
£94,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7RX: £350,000 (2025–2020).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SG8 7NJ
Fowlmere Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB