7 Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
About 7 Desborough Drive
7 Desborough Drive is a detached house in Tewin, Welwyn, Welwyn (AL6 0HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 289 m² (around 3111 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
At 289 m² the property is well over the postcode median (191 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
7 Desborough Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Desborough Drive 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
7 Desborough Drive has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,765,000
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 0HQ: £1,450,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in AL6 0HQ
1a, Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
Sold Oct 2024
£1,450,0005 Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
Sold Jun 2024
£1,740,00011 Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
Sold Feb 2021
£1,575,0001 Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
Sold Oct 2020
£925,0009a, Desborough Drive, Tewin, Welwyn, AL6 0HQ
Sold Aug 2018
£1,000,000
Everything we know about 7 Desborough Drive, 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 Desborough Drive homes
7 Desborough Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
289 m²
Street avg 221 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 8.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Desborough Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Tewin Cowper Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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