4 St Ives Close, Welwyn, AL6 0BB
About 4 St Ives Close
4 St Ives Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn (AL6 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) 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 May 2021. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 114 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (147 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £719,000 is 19.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£491/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £602,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
4 St Ives Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
4 St Ives Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£719,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£602,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 September 2021Most recent
£602,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL6 0BB: £790,000 (2025–2021).
Everything we know about 4 St Ives Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other St Ives Close homes
On floor area, 4 St Ives Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,285
Street avg £5,092
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Welwyn North Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John's CofE Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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