2 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG

2 Lytton Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EG). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 sits 65.5% above the 2014 sale of £495,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 25.9% below the postcode norm. 20 planning records sit against the property, 15 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a garage conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.