50 Silam Road, Stevenage, SG1 1JJ
About 50 Silam Road
50 Silam Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stevenage (SG1 1JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
Held since October 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 20 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. Across 1998–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 sits 235% above the 2001 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 53.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
50 Silam Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2022HMOAmendmentIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of 6 bedroom HMO
Retrospective- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00484/CLEU
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
50 Silam Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£335,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 20.5% per year over 3 years.
£100,000
Growth on file: 20.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
31 October 2001Most recent
£100,000
+83.5%over 3 years30 July 1998
£54,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG1 1JJ: £272,000 (2023–2016).
Everything we know about 50 Silam 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 Silam Road homes
On price per m², 50 Silam Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£935
Street avg £2,772
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
0.2 km
Penn Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Broom Barns Primary School. 31 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.9dB