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Get started1 Law Hall Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bendish, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 8JG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since August 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £555,000 sits 172.1% above the 2001 sale of £204,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 19.8% below the postcode norm. At 95 m² it's 25.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 5 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Law Hall Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£204,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for 1 Law Hall Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,147
Street avg £3,409
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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
1.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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17 August 2001Most recent
£204,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 8JG: £265,000 (2023–2006).
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
SG4 8XG
Chapel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
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