4 Maltings Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 831 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 is 47.3% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in October 2012. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 77 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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4 Maltings Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Feb 2021
4 Maltings Cottages has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£405,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 17 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 17 years.
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4 Maltings Cottages outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,561
Street avg £4,168
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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.
Nearest stop
3.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
26 October 2012Most recent
£275,000
+1.9%over 1 year24 June 2011
£270,000
+54.3%over 7 years5 September 2003
£175,000
+40.0%over 4 years14 December 1998
£125,000
+38.9%over 1 year21 March 1997
£90,000
+20.0%over 1 year27 September 1995
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TJ: £535,000 (2024–2016).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 7PD
Foxton Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB