7 Franklins Road, Stevenage, SG1 3BW
About 7 Franklins Road
7 Franklins Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Stevenage (SG1 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 91 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £596,000 is 12.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 69.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £529,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 May 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2021PorchOutlineIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed rear extension and front porch
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00995/CLPD
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£596,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£529,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 November 2021Most recent
£529,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG1 3BW: £535,500 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in SG1 3BW
Everything we know about 7 Franklins 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 Franklins Road homes
7 Franklins Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£5,813
Street avg £4,067
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
20/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Franklin's Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Thomas Alleyne Academy. 26 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.7dB