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Get started5 Cowper Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 3LT). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £410,000 sits 95.4% above the 2013 sale of £209,800. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£167/sq ft) was about 52.4% below the postcode norm. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in August 2013.
5 Cowper Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Dec 2024
5 Cowper Road has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Side and rear of property
ERECTION OF TWO STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSIONS
5 Cowper Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£410,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 10 years.
£209,800
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 10 years.
Price per m² for 5 Cowper Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,793
Street avg £4,421
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Upperfield Road — bus stop.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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20 August 2013Most recent
£209,800
+23.4%over 9 years3 November 2003
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 3LT: £375,000 (2022–2016).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
AL7 3DA
Closest school
0.4 km
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery School. 19 schools nearby.
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