12 Corvus Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 7XS). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£547/sq ft) was about 148.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £530,000 in May 2025.
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12 Corvus Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Mar 2026
12 Corvus Close has no planning applications on record.
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12 Corvus Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 25 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 25 years.
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On epc rating, 12 Corvus Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,889
Street avg £3,734
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 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
53.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
19 May 2025Most recent
£530,000
+259.3%over 24 years22 June 2000
£147,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7XS: £540,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
SG8 7TR
Closest school
0.5 km
King James Academy Royston. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB