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Get started5 Brooksfield is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 2BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £424,000 is 30.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 85.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jul 2025
5 Brooksfield has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Side and rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR & SIDE EXTENSION
Price for 5 Brooksfield has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 17 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 17 years.
5 Brooksfield outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,869
Street avg £4,392
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Poplars — bus stop.
Extension: Side and rear of property
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION
15 January 2016Most recent
£325,000
+46.4%over 8 years8 October 2007
£222,000
+184.6%over 9 years23 July 1998
£78,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 2BJ: £345,000 (2022–2016).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
AL7 2LQ
Closest school
0.3 km
Ridgeway Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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