17 Heydon Road is a detached house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SP). It has a recorded floor area of 296 m² (around 3186 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 296 m² it's 26.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (234 m² median across 3 EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused.
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17 Heydon Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Aug 2023
Conversion of outbuilding into a dwelling
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17 Heydon Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,298,000
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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What we flagged
EPC Rating for 17 Heydon Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
296 m²
Street avg 221 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 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
2.2 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
Conversion of outbuilding into a dwelling
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8SP: £585,000 (2020–2005).

Street avg 6.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
School — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB