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Get started8 Holly Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Sept 2025
8 Holly Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£417,000
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.
On epc rating, 8 Holly Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 144 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 7UJ: £945,000 (2025–2021).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
SG4 7JA
Red Lion PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Preston Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB