34b, Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
About 34b
34b is a detached house in Digswell, Welwyn, Welwyn (AL6 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 74.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £820,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
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Planning history
34b has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2015ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a single storey rear extension
- Reference
- 6/2015/1671/LAWP
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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.
£872,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 18 years.
£820,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
4 February 2022Most recent
£820,000
+42.6%over 16 years25 April 2005
£575,000
+15.0%over 1 year26 August 2003
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL6 0DB: £787,500 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in AL6 0DB
32 Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
Sold Mar 2025
£740,00042a, Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
Sold Jul 2022
£880,00042 Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
Sold Oct 2019
£845,00038 Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
Sold Dec 2018
£490,00050 Hertford Road, Digswell, Welwyn, AL6 0DB
Sold Dec 2017
£787,500
Everything we know about 34b, 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 Hertford Road homes
34b outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,734
Street avg £4,465
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.4 km
Welwyn North Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St John's CofE Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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