8 Ascot Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Royston (SG8 9JD). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £477,000 is 23.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 22.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 8 EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £386,000.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension and porch following demolition of existing garage, and a rear dormer window.
8 Ascot Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£477,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 14 years.
£386,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 14 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
8 Ascot Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,712
Street avg £3,878
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Change to approved material from red sandface bricks to breezeblock and render for single storey rear extension (non material amendment to planning permission 06/01056/1HH granted 22.8.06.)
What's in 8 Ascot Road, Royston, SG8 9JD's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
16 October 2018Most recent
£386,000
+108.6%over 13 years8 April 2005
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9JD: £380,000 (2025–2023).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
SG8 9TH
Clydesdale Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Studlands Rise First School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB