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Get started9 Letter Box Row is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gosmore, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7QE). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £410,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£434,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£410,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On years held, 9 Letter Box Row runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,833
Street avg £6,233
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
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20 August 2021Most recent
£410,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 7QE: £415,000 (2022–2021).
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
SG4 7NF
Bird in Hand PH — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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