1 Cowslips, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2JJ

1 Cowslips is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 2JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£653/sq ft) was about 203.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £260,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 37 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.