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About 1 Letter Box Row
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Letter Box Row is an end-of-terrace house in Gosmore, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7QE). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -40.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £535,000 is 12.6% above the 2021 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £475,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Letter Box Row sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Apr 2021
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Letter Box Row, Gosmore, Hitchin, SG4 7QE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at 1 Letter Box Row is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2021Tree WorksTreesNo Objection
10 x Conifers - Remove to ground level
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 1 Letter Box Row was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£535,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -40.4% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (2021)
£475,000
Growth on file: -40.4% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Letter Box Row homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 1 Letter Box Row runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,786
Street avg £6,239
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 7QE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 42 points of interest in total.
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