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Get started8 Birchall Wood is a detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 2HL). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 20% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£675/sq ft) was about 110.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £385,000 in November 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Mar 2023
8 Birchall Wood has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Price for 8 Birchall Wood has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£462,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 24 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 24 years.
On floor area, 8 Birchall Wood runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,264
Street avg £4,693
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Birchall Wood — bus stop.
Extension: Rear of property
ERECTION OF A REAR CONSERVATORY
19 November 2019Most recent
£385,000
+42.6%over 6 years24 July 2013
£270,000
+92.9%over 12 years1 December 2000
£140,000
+58.6%over 5 years15 June 1995
£88,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 2HL: £582,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Closest school
0.5 km
Watchlytes Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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