16 Dove House Close is an end-of-terrace house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7SE). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 47 m² it's 23% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16 Dove House Close has an approved front extension on the planning record.
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16 Dove House Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£255,000
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.
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What we flagged
On floor area, 16 Dove House Close runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
47 m²
Street avg 68 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Front of property
Front extension, installation of cladding to front elevation and alteration to windows and door.
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Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7SE: £225,000 (2024–2011).

Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
SG8 7NJ
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB