22 High Street is a detached house in Chrishall, Royston, Royston (SG8 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1114 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 103 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.
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22 High Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jan 2020
Two storey detached dwelling
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22 High Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£495,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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On epc rating, 22 High Street runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 149 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 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
43.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8RP: £675,000 (2021–2018).

Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
SG8 8AP
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB