28 Curlew Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 7XP). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £622,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 118% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 122 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 20 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£622,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 21 years.
£560,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 21 years.
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What we flagged
28 Curlew Crescent outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,590
Street avg £3,642
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Roundabout — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
14 September 2021Most recent
£560,000
+13.1%over 4 years9 February 2017
£495,000
+186.1%over 16 years19 January 2001
£173,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7XP: £670,000 (2023–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
SG8 7FB
Closest school
0.6 km
King James Academy Royston. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB