2 Blacksmiths Hill, Benington, Stevenage, SG2 7LQ

2 Blacksmiths Hill is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Benington, Stevenage, Stevenage (SG2 7LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2013. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 is 17.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 106.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 44 EPCs). Last sale on file: £322,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.