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Get started5 Breakmead is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 3HG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£463/sq ft) was about 34% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £369,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Breakmead has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Installation of a driveway
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£397,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 5 years.
£369,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 5 years.
Habitable Rooms for 5 Breakmead runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,986
Street avg £4,355
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Little Gannett — bus stop.
1 x Eucalyptus to fell to ground level. The tree has been heavily topped previously and is leaning/growing over neighbouring garden causing a nuisance
2 more applications for this property
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17 August 2022Most recent
£369,000
+15.3%over 4 years24 January 2018
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 3HG: £412,500 (2025–2021).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
AL7 3XH
Closest school
0.7 km
Watchlytes Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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