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5 sales on record
About 4 Ladygrove Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Ladygrove Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7SA). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 715 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£805/sq ft) was about 138.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £575,000 in May 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
4 Ladygrove Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Apr 2020
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 4 Ladygrove Cottages, Preston, Hitchin, SG4 7SA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Jun 2006RenovationHeritageGranted
Repositioning of velux window
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
4 Ladygrove Cottages changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£627,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.1% per year over 15 years.
Last sold (2022)
£575,000
Growth on file: 2.1% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 4 Ladygrove Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,661
Street avg £4,155
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 171 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
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
0.7 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 7SA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 17 points of interest in total.
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