8 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
About 8 Lytton Gardens
8 Lytton Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EG). 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 (January 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£799/sq ft) was about 85.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 9 EPCs). Last sale on file: £688,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageYes
- LandYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Lytton Gardens has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£725,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£688,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 May 2022Most recent
£688,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EG: £713,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EG
14 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
Sold Sept 2025
£713,0005 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
Sold Oct 2023
£750,00010 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
Sold Nov 2020
£700,00012 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
Sold May 2018
£725,00013 Lytton Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EG
Sold Apr 2017
£540,000
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Versus other Lytton Gardens homes
Price per m² for 8 Lytton Gardens runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,600
Street avg £6,197
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Birdcroft Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Peartree Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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