Michaelmas Cottage, Church Path, Little Wymondley, Hitchin, SG4 7JE

Michaelmas Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Little Wymondley, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7JE). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,126,000 is 12.4% below the 2021 sale of £1,285,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 65.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Last sale on file: £1,285,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 5 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.