5 Echo Hill is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 9BB). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £612,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 44.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £538,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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5 Echo Hill has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£612,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£538,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Habitable Rooms for 5 Echo Hill runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,374
Street avg £4,065
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
11 March 2021Most recent
£538,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9BB: £520,000 (2025–2024).

CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SG8 9TH
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