93 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
About 93 Longcroft Lane
93 Longcroft Lane is a semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EL). 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 (September 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
It hasn't traded since March 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 sits 96% above the 2005 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 43% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
93 Longcroft Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
93 Longcroft Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2000ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
- Reference
- N6/2000/0044/FP
What's in 93 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£588,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.9% per year over 10 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 11.9% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
29 March 2005Most recent
£300,000
+194.3%over 9 years24 August 1995
£101,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EL: £532,500 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EL
95 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
Sold Jan 2023
£685,00083 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
Sold Sept 2019
£532,500105 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
Sold Jul 2019
£495,00075 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
Sold Nov 2017
£635,00099 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EL
Sold Jun 2016
£460,000
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Versus other Longcroft Lane homes
EPC Rating for 93 Longcroft Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,750
Street avg £4,297
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
Longcroft Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Peartree Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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