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Get started8 Cubitt Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Hitchin (SG4 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2024); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£651/sq ft) was about 121.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £742,500. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
First floor front extension
8 Cubitt Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£731,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 28 years.
£742,500
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 28 years.
8 Cubitt Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,005
Street avg £4,932
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
Mary Exton School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

31 March 2025Most recent
£742,500
+324.3%over 25 years29 April 1999
£175,000
+34.7%over 2 years19 November 1996
£129,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 0EL: £400,000 (2024–2007).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
SG4 0QR
Closest school
0.1 km
Mary Exton Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB
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