35 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
About 35 Longcroft Lane
35 Longcroft Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EB). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £497,000 is 46.2% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£658/sq ft) was about 61.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
35 Longcroft Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
35 Longcroft Lane has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2014ConditionsIn report
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (materials) of N6/2014/1674/FP
- Reference
- N6/2014/2091/DS
- Sept 2014ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- W6/2014/1672/EM
What's in 35 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 13 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
17 March 2011Most recent
£340,000
+40.9%over 8 years4 July 2002
£241,250
+60.8%over 4 years18 June 1998
£150,000
+60.9%30 January 1998
£93,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EB: £577,500 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EB
29 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Nov 2023
£645,00017 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Sept 2023
£470,00043 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Apr 2021
£770,00051 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Feb 2021
£577,50065 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Oct 2020
£531,500
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Versus other Longcroft Lane homes
EPC Rating for 35 Longcroft Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,085
Street avg £5,361
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Sainsbury's — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Peartree Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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