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Get started38 The Swallows is a mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 778 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -1.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 98.3% above the 2009 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 29.8% below the postcode norm.
38 The Swallows's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Dec 2018
The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.6% per year over 5 years.
£175,000
Growth on file: -1.6% per year over 5 years.
38 The Swallows outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,421
Street avg £4,279
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sloansway — bus stop.
3 April 2009Most recent
£175,000
-7.4%over 4 years21 July 2004
£189,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 1BY: £367,500 (2025–2020).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
AL7 1DJ
Closest school
0.3 km
St John's CofE Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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