23 Birds Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4AR

23 Birds Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. 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: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 76.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £431,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.