1 Beehive Green, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4BE

1 Beehive Green is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL7 4BE). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 is 12.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 47.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £695,000 in April 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.