5 Cowslip Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 9TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £611,000 is 14.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£428/sq ft) was about 46.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² it's 26.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 5 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £535,000. 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.
5 Cowslip Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Latest sale on 5 Cowslip Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£611,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 21 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 21 years.
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EPC Rating for 5 Cowslip Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,612
Street avg £4,365
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 101 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
19 February 2021Most recent
£535,000
+210.1%over 21 years26 November 1999
£172,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9TJ: £465,000 (2022–2011).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
SG8 9TH
Betony Vale — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Studlands Rise First School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB