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Get startedBirch Cottage is a detached house in Gosmore, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7QH). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 sits 100% above the 2011 sale of £250,000. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sold in June 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
Birch Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Apr 2021
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Birch Cottage.
Retention of timber shed to front of property
Birch Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£500,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On floor area, Birch Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 249 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 13.0 t/year
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
45.3dB

Condition 3 - Sample Materials.
2 more applications for this property
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30 June 2011Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG4 7QH: £236,500 (2013–2002).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
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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