8 The Cloisters, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6DX

8 The Cloisters is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6DX). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 15th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–49 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 17 units on file.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in April 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 48 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 60.3% above the 2009 sale of £153,500.