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About High Meadows
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
High Meadows is a five-bedroom detached house in Gosmore, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7QS). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£590/sq ft) was about 120.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold January 2022 for £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private garden
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
High Meadows's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D60
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
8.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against High Meadows, Preston Road, Gosmore, Hitchin, SG4 7QS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2025DemolitionFullGranted
Erection of detached front elevation garage and landscape works following demolition of existing detached garage.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
High Meadows has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,136,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2022)
£1,200,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Preston Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
High Meadows outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,349
Street avg £4,234
Floor Area
189 m²
Street avg 196 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
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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 7QS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 36 points of interest in total.
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