16 Millstream Close, Hitchin, SG4 0DA

16 Millstream Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hitchin (SG4 0DA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 53rd smallest of 56 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–56 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 56 units on file.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 sits 76.2% above the 2009 sale of £122,000. At 53 m² the property is well over the postcode median (33 m² across 55 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.