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Get started16 Gainswood is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 3XG). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
Held since December 2005 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £427,000 sits 105.3% above the 2005 sale of £208,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 93 m² it's 17.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 12 EPCs).
16 Gainswood has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
Installation of solar panels
16 Gainswood has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£427,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.7% per year over 9 years.
£208,000
Growth on file: 14.7% per year over 9 years.
Floor Area for 16 Gainswood runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,237
Street avg £4,136
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Pond Croft — bus stop.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
16 December 2005Most recent
£208,000
+246.7%over 9 years29 November 1996
£59,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL7 3XG: £375,000 (2024–2019).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
AL7 3ST
Closest school
0.2 km
Peartree Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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