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Get started16a is a mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (34–111 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£155,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for 16a lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
34 m²
Street avg 40 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Green Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 0AS: £405,000 (2025–2021).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
SG4 0AH
Closest school
0.3 km
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School. 23 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB