5 Johns Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TP). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in February 1997. 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 £512,000 sits 359.2% above the 1997 sale of £111,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 68.3% below the postcode norm.
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5 Johns Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Sept 2023
5 Johns Close has no planning applications on record.
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5 Johns Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£111,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
14 February 1997Most recent
£111,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG8 7TP: £310,000 (2021–1996).

SG8 7SQ
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB