41 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
About 41 Longcroft Lane
41 Longcroft Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EB). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
20 planning records sit against the property, 12 approved, 7 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £635,000 is 30.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£567/sq ft) was about 45.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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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
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a garage conversion application was refused at 41 Longcroft Lane in 2022.
- Apr 2023Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and garage conversion, following demolition of conservatory
ExtensionDemolition- Reference
- 6/2023/0342/HOUSE
- Apr 2023Garage ConversionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and garage conversion, following demolition of conservatory
ExtensionDemolition- Reference
- 6/2023/0341/EM
What's in 41 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB's planning history?
18 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
41 Longcroft Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£635,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 11 years.
£488,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
27 July 2014Most recent
£488,000
+24.3%over 7 years30 August 2006
£392,500
+43.2%over 2 years7 November 2003
£274,000
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
41 Longcroft Lane is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£6,100
Street avg £5,416
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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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