5 Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RE

5 Benslow Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 9RE). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £877,000 sits 52.5% above the 2012 sale of £575,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 19% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 14 years ago, in August 2012. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.