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3 sales on record
About 5 Oak Lane
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Oak Lane is a semi-detached house in Graveley, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7LN). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£610/sq ft) was about 136.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £420,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
5 Oak Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 5 Oak Lane, Graveley, Hitchin, SG4 7LN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Sept 2021Tree WorksTreesNo Objection
TG1 - 1x Hawthorn, 1x Cherry - Fell to ground level
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 5 Oak Lane has grown more than fourfold since the 2000 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£407,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2025)
£420,000
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Oak Lane homes
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
5 Oak Lane outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,563
Street avg £3,787
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Hitchin district page.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Waggon and Horses PH — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 7LN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 45 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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