31 Blackthorne Close, Hatfield, AL10 9DS

31 Blackthorne Close is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hatfield (AL10 9DS). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 26 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £472,000 is 18% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 92.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £400,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.