23 Four Acres, Stevenage, SG1 3PL
About 23 Four Acres
23 Four Acres is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stevenage (SG1 3PL). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Sold January 2021 for £440,000. 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
23 Four Acres's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Four Acres has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2021ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00266/CLPD
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
23 Four Acres has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£491,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 22 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
13 January 2021Most recent
£440,000
+8.6%over 4 years12 January 2017
£405,000
+55.8%over 8 years12 June 2008
£260,000
+202.3%over 9 years16 March 1999
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG1 3PL: £335,000 (2024–2015).
Everything we know about 23 Four Acres, 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 Four Acres homes
Floor Area for 23 Four Acres runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,761
Street avg £3,439
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.2 km
Greydells Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School. 28 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
51.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB