The Cottage, Wych Elm Lane, Welwyn, AL6 0BN
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Welwyn (AL6 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
The Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at The Cottage.
- Sept 2014ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval of a single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2014/1865/HH
- Jul 2014ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval for a single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2014/1369/HH
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£719,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL6 0BN: £650,000 (2025–1997).
Everything we know about The Cottage, 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
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Monread Lodge — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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