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Get started1 Lodge Farm is a detached house in Codicote, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 8WP). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in March 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,116,000 sits 108.6% above the 2001 sale of £535,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 45.8% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 3 refused.
1 Lodge Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Lodge Farm has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
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1 Lodge Farm valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,116,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£535,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Price per m² for 1 Lodge Farm lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,635
Street avg £7,174
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Wall insulation improved
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Side conservatory
2 more applications for this property
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2 March 2001Most recent
£535,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 8WP: £720,000 (2020–2001).
6 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin
Sold Feb 2020
3 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin
Sold Dec 2019
4 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin
Sold Aug 2017
5 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin
Sold May 2009
2 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin
Sold Jul 2001
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
SG4 8RH
The Bell Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Codicote Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB
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