8 Ryecroft Lane is a detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TT). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 859 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 80 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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8 Ryecroft Lane'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Sept 2021
8 Ryecroft Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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8 Ryecroft Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£391,000
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
Floor Area for 8 Ryecroft Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.5 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
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Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TT: £453,000 (2023–2016).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
SG8 7DW
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB