SG5 4LB
Last sold £175,000 in November 2011
7, Melbourne Close, Hitchin
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Nov 2011 — £175,000 · −0.8% · 5 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 2005 — £176,500 · +54.8% · 9 pts behind the UK market
- Oct 2001 — £114,000 · +56.2% · 21 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 1998 — £73,000
What this home might be worth today
£306,000
Estimate range £291,000–£321,000
+74.8% since November 2011 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 91 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Pix Brook Academy 585m
- Roecroft Lower School 247m
- Arlesey station 2.9km
- Park Wood 5.3km
- The coast (coastline) 39.4km
- Lake 1.4km
- Pond 782m
- River Ivel Navigation 6.1km
- Pix Brook 217m
- Public Park 179m
- Play Area 286m
- The Co-Operative Food 204m
- The Avenue (Adj) 109m
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 Letchworth Garden City, 3.7km away
- 29 min Cambridge
- 29 min London
- 100 min Oxford
- 109 min Brighton
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
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- Garage 14, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £11,500 · 2025
- 8, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £54,000 · 1995
- 13, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £60,000 · 1996
- 12, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £69,000 · 1999
- 14, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £345,000 · 2023
- 15, Melbourne Close, Hitchin £47,000 · 1995
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Creation of a dropped kerb and driveway to front of property Oct 2025 source
- Undecided Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Erection of a single storey rear extension and… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Loft conversion with rooflights to front and… May 2026 source
- Undecided Installation of two rear AC units, new vent/ air intake grille, alterations to rear… Oct 2025 source
- Permitted Advertisement: Installation of 1 internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 internally… Dec 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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