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Get started8 Grant Gardens is a detached house in Harpenden (AL5 4QD). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,602,000 is 24.2% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 25.9% below the postcode norm. At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (146 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in January 2013.
8 Grant Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2022
8 Grant Gardens has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Trees growing in footpath bordering 8 Grant Gardens, also bordering St Georges School. 4 Sycamore - Remove epicormic growth. Reduce 1 by 3m. Remove fence from 1 to prevent damage. 4 Ash trees - Remove Suckers from 3 trees, Fell 1, paollard 1 to 10-12m
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£1,602,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 11 years.
£1,290,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 11 years.
8 Grant Gardens outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,331
Street avg £6,983
Floor Area
242 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cornwall Rd — bus stop.
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey front and rear extensions
1 more application for this property
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31 January 2013Most recent
£1,290,000
+104.8%over 10 years24 May 2002
£630,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL5 4QD: £1,050,000 (2024–2012).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Closest school
0.4 km
St George's School. 17 schools nearby.
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