28 Penn Road, Stevenage, SG1 1HZ
About 28 Penn Road
28 Penn Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stevenage (SG1 1HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
28 Penn Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
28 Penn Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
14applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 28 Penn Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£290,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 December 2021Most recent
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG1 1HZ: £150,000 (2024–2022).
Everything we know about 28 Penn Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Penn Road homes
Floor Area for 28 Penn Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,118
Street avg £2,502
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
20/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Friends Meeting House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Broom Barns Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.1dB