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Get started48a is a mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 9SU). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
It hasn't traded since May 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 sits 215.7% above the 2002 sale of £83,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 60.9% below the postcode norm. At 66 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).
48a's carbon output is low for the local stock.
48a's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£262,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.5% per year over 2 years.
£83,000
Growth on file: 14.5% per year over 2 years.
Price per m² for 48a lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,258
Street avg £5,059
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 47 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 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
Verulam Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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16 May 2002Most recent
£83,000
+38.3%over 2 years21 December 1999
£59,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9SU: £245,000 (2025–2024).
CO₂ Emissions
1.2 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
SG4 9RG
Closest school
0.3 km
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB
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