Grigs Field is a four-bedroom detached house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8HT). It has a recorded floor area of 272 m² (around 2928 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,067,000 is 24.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 20.4% below the postcode norm. At 272 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
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Grigs Field'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Jul 2025
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Grigs Field valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,067,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 9 years.
£860,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 9 years.
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Grigs Field outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,162
Street avg £4,326
Floor Area
272 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
22 October 2015Most recent
£860,000
+77.3%over 9 years28 September 2006
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8HT: £440,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
SG8 8DZ
Drayton's Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB