5 Icknield Way, Baldock, SG7 5AJ

5 Icknield Way is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Baldock (SG7 5AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 667.8% above the 1995 sale of £37,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 79.5% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).