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3 sales on record
About 40 Walsworth Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
40 Walsworth Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 9SU). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £734,000 is 16.5% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £630,000 in May 2023.
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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Parkingallocated
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
40 Walsworth Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
40 Walsworth Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£734,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2023)
£630,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Walsworth Road homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for 40 Walsworth Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,663
Street avg £5,684
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 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.
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
Verulam Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG4 9SU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 50 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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