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Get started31 Benslow Rise is a five-bedroom detached house in Hitchin (SG4 9QX). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity.
It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £1,150,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,295,000 is 12.6% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£676/sq ft) was about 85.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
31 Benslow Rise's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension and installation of first floor side window.
Latest sale on 31 Benslow Rise was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,295,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
31 Benslow Rise is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£7,278
Street avg £5,075
Floor Area
158 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 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

17 January 2025Most recent
£1,150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9QX: £976,000 (2024–2015).
CO₂ Emissions
13.2 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
SG4 9AP
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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