SG5 2XL
Last sold £1,098,750 in October 2021
2, Half Acre, Hitchin
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 9 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,357 sq ft / 219 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 77m — higher than about 70% of homes in Hitchin
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Price history in context
- Oct 2021 — £1,098,750 · +66.1% · 9 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2012 — £661,500 · +120.5% · 17 pts behind the UK market
- May 1998 — £299,950
What this home might be worth today
£1,240,000
Estimate range £1,178,000–£1,302,000
+12.9% since October 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 10 nearby sales within a year · 9-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School 758m
- Hitchin Boys' School 1.2km
- Hitchin station 2.2km
- West/Goodleys Woods 2.7km
- The coast (coastline) 48.1km
- Blue Lagoon 5.8km
- Pond 810m
- River Ivel Navigation 10.9km
- River Hiz 591m
- Public Park 906m
- The Smithson Recreation Ground 649m
- Shop 1.5km
- Moormead Close (Nr) 319m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Hitchin, 2.2km away
- 28 min London
- 35 min Cambridge
- 97 min Oxford
- 106 min Nottingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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2 Hitchin Boys' School · Secondary · Boys 0.7 miles State Attainment 8: 56.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle south-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 9% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 64 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Half Acre, Hitchin £975,000 · 2021
- 8, Half Acre, Hitchin £900,000 · 2021
- 3, Half Acre, Hitchin £325,000 · 1998
- 4, Half Acre, Hitchin £610,000 · 2009
- 11, Half Acre, Hitchin £600,000 · 2011
- 5, Half Acre, Hitchin £645,000 · 2011
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions T1: Ash - Fell. T2: 2x Blue Atlas Cedars (amended) - Reduce canopy by approx 20% T3:… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Insertion of front window following removal of garage door to facilitate garage… Jul 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey rear extension. Extension to rear patio. Jun 2026 source
- Conditions First floor side extension over existing garage. Alterations to existing rear extension… Feb 2026 source
- Rejected T1: Walnut - Fell Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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