1 Dimsdale Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Nuthampstead, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ND). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £564,000 is 12.8% above the 2021 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
1 Dimsdale Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 1 Dimsdale Cottages.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
1 Dimsdale Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£564,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 17 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 17 years.
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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
1.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

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Extension: Single storey
Single storey side extension to create a single garage and first floor rear extension (as amended by plan 9105A received on 28th November 2005)
Full planning data for 1 Dimsdale Cottages, Nuthampstead, Royston, SG8 8ND
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15 April 2021Most recent
£500,000
+138.1%over 16 years30 July 2004
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8ND: £805,000 (2024–2017).
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Blind Fiddler PH — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Anstey First School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB