81 Hertford Road, Welwyn, AL6 0BU

81 Hertford Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn (AL6 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £727,000 is 12.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£593/sq ft) was about 60.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £645,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.