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Get started2 Benchley Hill is a semi-detached house in Hitchin (SG4 0NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1061 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 sits 60.8% above the 2012 sale of £240,000. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2021. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (December 2012).
2 Benchley Hill's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Feb 2020
Insertion of rooflights to existing front and dormer to existing rear roofslope to facilitate conversion of loftspace into habitable accommodation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 17 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 17 years.
2 Benchley Hill outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,434
Street avg £2,960
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
Chaucer Way — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

21 December 2012Most recent
£240,000
+281.3%over 16 years9 February 1996
£62,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 0NJ: £300,000 (2024–2012).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
SG4 0RH
Closest school
0.2 km
Purwell Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB
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