38 Echo Hill is a five-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 9BB). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 54.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £567,000.
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38 Echo Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
38 Echo Hill has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
38 Echo Hill valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 19 years.
£567,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 19 years.
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On epc rating, 38 Echo Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,686
Street avg £4,050
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
14 October 2024Most recent
£567,000
+20.6%over 4 years18 October 2019
£470,000
+58.0%over 14 years29 May 2005
£297,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9BB: £520,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
SG8 9DA
Bus Station — bus station.
Closest school
0.8 km
Tannery Drift School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB