Roucelle is a two-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TT). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 74% above the 2013 sale of £250,000. At 84 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 13 years ago, in November 2013.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Roucelle has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 18 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 18 years.
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Habitable Rooms for Roucelle lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,976
Street avg £3,441
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 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.
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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
30-day money-back guarantee
22 November 2013Most recent
£250,000
+240.1%over 17 years5 March 1996
£73,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TT: £453,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 7XA
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB