88 High Street is a semi-detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8EF). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
At 117 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 9 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Planning history at 88 High Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
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88 High Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£552,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 120 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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
42.2dB

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
Lime - Crown reduce back to old pollard points (approx. 30%) Remove ivy.
Felling of 1 Pine tree and reduction in size of 1 Lime tree by approximately 30%
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8EF: £425,500 (2024–2019).

Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Burrs Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB