4 Fordham Terrace is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Therfield, Royston, Royston (SG8 9PP). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£643/sq ft) was about 193% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 16 EPCs). Last sale on file: £712,500 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jun 2023
4 Fordham Terrace has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
4 Fordham Terrace has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£714,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 27 years.
£712,500
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 27 years.
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On price per m², 4 Fordham Terrace stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,917
Street avg £3,467
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
5 December 2022Most recent
£712,500
+4.0%over 1 year13 January 2021
£685,000
+61.2%over 7 years11 October 2013
£425,000
-1.8%over 5 years1 February 2008
£433,000
+49.3%over 5 years3 January 2003
£290,000
+141.7%over 6 years11 April 1996
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9PP: £900,000 (2024–2012).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
SG8 9TH
Fox and Duck PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Therfield First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB