98 Watersmeet, Grove Road, Hitchin, SG4 0AW

98 Watersmeet is a mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 is 12.1% below the 2022 sale of £315,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 100.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £315,000. 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. At 78 m² it's 21.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 30 EPCs).