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Get startedThe Owl House is a detached house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7TX). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
At 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
The Owl House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at The Owl House is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Selectively reduce branches by 20% to shape crown. Also remove deadwood and damaged branches and crown lift to 1.8 metres to one Catalpa tree (T1). Reduce in height by 2m in height to allow better access to light for garden to one Vonegated Cypress tree (7m tall: T2). Reduce from 4/5m to 1/1.5m in height and prune back to boundary to tidy appearance to mixed hedgeline (TG4). Reduce in height by 1.2m and level out changes in height to allow more light into garden to Cypress hedge (5m high: TG5).
The Owl House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,043,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
The Owl House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
221 m²
Street avg 115 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Crown reduce by 20% and remove all deadwood to one White Poplar tree (T1)
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 7TX: £495,000 (2024–2014).
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Red Lion PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Preston Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB