Hillside, Church Lane, Graveley, Hitchin, SG4 7LS

Hillside is a five-bedroom detached house in Graveley, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7LS). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 269 m² the property is well over the postcode median (174 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,598,000 sits 80.6% above the 2005 sale of £885,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 29.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.