Saville House is a five-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TU). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil.
At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 16 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. Today's modelled estimate of £739,000 is 20.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 61.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £612,500. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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Saville House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Saville House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£739,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£612,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Floor Area for Saville House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,758
Street avg £3,037
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
21 August 2018Most recent
£612,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TU: £425,000 (2025–2018).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
SG8 7SF
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB