5 Millcroft Court is a detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8FB). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2020) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £928,000 is 26.3% above the 2021 sale price. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £735,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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5 Millcroft Court has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£928,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 24 years.
£735,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 24 years.
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What we flagged
On years held, 5 Millcroft Court runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,848
Street avg £3,885
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 147 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 2.0 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
0.2 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
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
5 February 2021Most recent
£735,000
+20.5%over 3 years27 October 2017
£610,000
+125.9%over 20 years18 July 1997
£270,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG8 8FB: £490,000 (2020–2020).

Years Held
5 years
Street avg 6 years
SG8 8BE
Windmill Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB