2 Betony Vale is a three-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 9TS). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 is 16.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£797/sq ft) was about 140.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £472,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Sept 2024
2 Betony Vale has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
2 Betony Vale has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£548,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 23 years.
£472,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 23 years.
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2 Betony Vale outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,582
Street avg £4,625
Floor Area
55 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
22 January 2021Most recent
£472,000
+31.1%over 5 years4 March 2015
£360,100
+58.6%over 10 years26 March 2004
£227,000
+106.8%over 6 years27 February 1998
£109,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9TS: £540,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
SG8 9JE
Studlands Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Studlands Rise First School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB