17 Bedwell Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3XH

17 Bedwell Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 3XH). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2021); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 is 19% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 90.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.