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Get started30 Lower Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Breachwood Green, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 8NS). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 is 17.7% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £395,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 6 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.
An application for a single-storey front extension is currently awaiting a decision.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
First floor front extension and alterations to fenestration.
30 Lower Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£465,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 25 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 25 years.
30 Lower Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,135
Street avg £3,291
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Wall insulation upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part two storey and part single storey rear extension, two storey side and first floor front extension, alterations to existing openings, ground floor front infill extension and internal alterations.
25 June 2021Most recent
£395,000
+43.6%over 10 years15 July 2010
£275,000
+14.6%over 4 years29 July 2005
£240,000
+21.5%over 3 years28 September 2001
£197,500
+44.2%over 2 years4 June 1999
£137,000
+53.9%over 2 years19 July 1996
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 8NS: £425,000 (2024–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
SG4 8XG
Chapel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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