5 May Street, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SN
5 sales on record
About 5 May Street
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 May Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SN). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 is 34.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 28.7% below the postcode norm. At 116 m² it's 23.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in September 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
5 May Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Aug 2022
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 5 May Street, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
5 May Street has been through 7 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
5 May Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 17 years.
Last sold (2015)
£335,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other May Street homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
5 May Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,888
Street avg £8,815
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
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
2.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 8SN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 12 points of interest in total.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 5 May Street, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.
