3 Maltings Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SW). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £766,000 is 14.8% above the 2022 sale price. At 157 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 6 EPCs). Sold January 2022 for £667,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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3 Maltings Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
3 Maltings Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£766,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.5% per year over 4 years.
£667,000
Growth on file: 1.5% per year over 4 years.
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On years held, 3 Maltings Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,248
Street avg £4,818
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 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
2.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
5 January 2022Most recent
£667,000
+6.7%over 4 years3 August 2017
£625,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8SW: £585,000 (2018–2012).

CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
SG8 8DZ
St Margaret of Antioch Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB