8 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
About 8 Parkfields
8 Parkfields is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6ED). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Last sale on file: £727,000 in July 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 156 m² it's 25.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £800,000 is 10% above the 2020 sale price.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Energy performance
8 Parkfields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Parkfields has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2009Tree WorksTreesIn report
FELLING OF EUCALYPTUS TREE IN REAR GARDEN
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2009/2031/TC
- Oct 2009Tree WorksTreesIn report
FELLING OF EUCALYPTUS TREE IN REAR GARDEN
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2009/2030/TE
What's in 8 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Parkfields was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£800,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 24 years.
£727,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
23 July 2020Most recent
£727,000
+45.4%over 13 years4 July 2007
£500,000
+100.0%over 6 years15 December 2000
£250,000
+115.5%over 4 years6 December 1996
£116,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6ED: £450,000 (2020–2005).
Nearby sales in AL8 6ED
18 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Oct 2020
£650,00010 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Dec 2016
£640,00026 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold May 2007
£420,00024 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Apr 2005
£380,0004 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Feb 2005
£450,000
Everything we know about 8 Parkfields, in one report
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Versus other Parkfields homes
Floor Area for 8 Parkfields runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,660
Street avg £4,944
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.1 km
Sainsbury's — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Peartree Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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