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3 sales on record
About 26 Lower Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
26 Lower Road is a semi-detached house in Breachwood Green, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 8NS). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 128 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 14 EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold September 2022 for £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 26 Lower Road, Breachwood Green, Hitchin, SG4 8NS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
26 Lower Road has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2012ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 26 Lower Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£498,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2022)
£480,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Lower Road homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
26 Lower Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,750
Street avg £3,229
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 8NS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 22 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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