Ayot Montfitchet, The Garden Cottage, Ayot St Peter, Welwyn, AL6 9BH
About Ayot Montfitchet
Ayot Montfitchet is a detached house in Ayot St. Peter, Welwyn, Welwyn (AL6 9BH). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
Ayot Montfitchet sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Ayot Montfitchet has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Mar 2011ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2011/0121/LU
- Mar 2011ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Certificate of lawfulness for erection of single storey side extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2011/0122/LU
What's in Ayot Montfitchet, The Garden Cottage, Ayot St Peter, Welwyn, AL6 9BH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Ayot Montfitchet has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£854,000
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.
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Red Lion PH — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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