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About 17 Chapel Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Chapel Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Breachwood Green, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 8NX). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £686,000 is 14.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £600,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Chapel Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D61
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Chapel Road, Breachwood Green, Hitchin, SG4 8NX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Oct 2013ConservatoryFullGranted
Extension: Rear of property
Replacement rear conservatory (as amended by plans 004B and 005B received 22/10/2013)
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Chapel Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£686,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2022)
£600,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Chapel Road homes
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for 17 Chapel Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,225
Street avg £3,584
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 8NX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 28 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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