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Get started17 Benslow Rise is a four-bedroom detached house in Hitchin (SG4 9QX). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It changed hands recently, sold November 2024 for £976,650. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,099,000 is 12.5% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£677/sq ft) was about 86.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
17 Benslow Rise's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension to include conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation, raise existing rear patio level, and alterations to existing fenestration. Front landscape alterations to accommodate two parking spaces including widening the gate entrance and increase of block paving to driveway.
17 Benslow Rise valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,099,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£976,650
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
17 Benslow Rise outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,288
Street avg £5,075
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hitchin Railway Station — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

29 November 2024Most recent
£976,650
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9QX: £976,000 (2025–2015).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
SG4 9RE
Closest school
0.1 km
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin. 21 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB
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