17 Birds Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4AR

17 Birds Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1251 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 81.4% above the 2011 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 32.7% below the postcode norm. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in June 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.