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Get started16b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hitchin (SG4 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since December 2005, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 is 49.6% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 33.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£172,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 11 years.
£115,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 11 years.
On epc rating, 16b stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
36 m²
Street avg 39 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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

9 December 2005Most recent
£115,000
+187.9%over 10 years12 January 1995
£39,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 0AS: £405,000 (2025–2021).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
SG4 0LF
Closest school
0.3 km
Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School. 23 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB
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