Ivy Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8HT). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £816,000 is 25.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Ivy Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 May 2023
T1: Beech - Fell to ground level
Ivy Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£816,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 7 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 7 years.
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Ivy Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,851
Street avg £4,157
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

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Fell 7 Conifer trees (1c-7c)
Full planning data for Ivy Cottage, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HT
3 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
9 October 2013Most recent
£650,000
+23.8%over 6 years31 January 2007
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8HT: £440,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
SG8 8HN
Drayton's Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB