8 Echo Hill is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 9BB). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1577 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 sits 50.1% above the 2013 sale of £365,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 24.2% below the postcode norm. At 147 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 22 EPCs). Last sold in April 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.
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8 Echo Hill's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Oct 2021
8 Echo Hill has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
8 Echo Hill has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£548,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 13 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 13 years.
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Price per m² for 8 Echo Hill lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,491
Street avg £4,160
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 128 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
5 April 2013Most recent
£365,000
-7.6%over 5 years6 March 2008
£395,000
+129.7%over 8 years26 October 1999
£172,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9BB: £520,000 (2025–2024).

CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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