Dove House is a five-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 8 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. 10 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2014, sale prices here grew 0.1% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £1,070,000 is 40.8% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (March 2014).
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Dove House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Feb 2023
A recent planning application at Dove House was refused — worth checking the council file.
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Dove House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,070,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.1% per year over 6 years.
£760,000
Growth on file: 0.1% per year over 6 years.
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What we flagged
Dove House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,502
Street avg £4,176
Floor Area
217 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
Submission of details required by condition 3 (written scheme of investigation (WSI)), 4 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 5 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Strategy), 6 (Trees - Replacement ), 7 (Surface water drainage), 8 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 9 (Foul Water drainage), 10 (Roof materials samples), 11 (External materials), 12 (Boundary treatment), 13 (Energy Statement, 15 (Ecological enhancement scheme), 16 (Ecologically sensitive artificial lighting scheme) and 27 (mitigation scheme) of planning permission 25/04086/FUL
Erection of two self-build /custom build semi-detached dwellings and associated development including alterations to existing boundary wall.
19 March 2014Most recent
£760,000
+0.7%over 6 years7 November 2007
£755,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TJ: £535,000 (2024–2016).
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Sold Apr 2024
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Sold Sept 2022
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Sold Jul 2022
Jemm Rectory Lane Fowlmere Royston
Sold Mar 2016
Holly Cottage Rectory Lane Fowlmere Royston
Sold Mar 2016

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
SG8 7XP
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