6 Townsend Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ER). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 929 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in August 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 sits 56.8% above the 2009 sale of £296,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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6 Townsend Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jun 2019
6 Townsend Close has no planning applications on record.
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1applications of note in the surrounding area
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The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£464,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£296,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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6 Townsend Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,429
Street avg £3,579
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
43.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
21 August 2009Most recent
£296,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8ER: £520,000 (2025–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
SG8 8AP
Townsend Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB