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Get started127 Grove Road is a mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in July 2003. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 21.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 144.1% above the 2003 sale of £143,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 41.2% below the postcode norm. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Mar 2024
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.5% per year over 5 years.
£143,000
Growth on file: 21.5% per year over 5 years.
Price per m² for 127 Grove Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,788
Street avg £4,297
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Millstream Close — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

2 July 2003Most recent
£143,000
+185.7%over 5 years6 February 1998
£50,050
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 0AA: £350,000 (2024–2018).
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
SG4 0JL
Closest school
0.9 km
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB
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