3 Windmill Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. A recent sale: £412,000 in February 2025. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 96 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 40 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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3 Windmill Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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3 Windmill Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£442,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 21 years.
£412,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 21 years.
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Years Held for 3 Windmill Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,292
Street avg £4,028
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 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.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
25 February 2025Most recent
£412,000
+68.2%over 12 years29 August 2012
£245,000
-1.0%over 1 year17 December 2010
£247,500
+20.7%over 4 years12 April 2006
£205,000
+2.5%over 2 years10 September 2003
£199,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8BZ: £625,000 (2024–2023).

CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
SG8 8AD
Windmill Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB