3 Longcroft Green, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EP
About 3 Longcroft Green
3 Longcroft Green is a detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EP). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sold June 2018 for £415,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £504,000 is 21.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 91 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Longcroft Green has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2008ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSIONS
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- W6/2008/0803/EM
- Jul 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSIONS
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2008/0797/FP
What's in 3 Longcroft Green, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Longcroft Green changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£504,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 16 years.
£415,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2018Most recent
£415,000
-13.5%over 10 months31 August 2017
£480,000
+47.7%over 3 years28 March 2014
£325,000
+37.7%over 11 years16 May 2002
£236,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EP: £260,000 (2021–1998).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Longcroft Green homes
3 Longcroft Green outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,560
Street avg £2,513
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.1 km
Longcroft Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Our Lady Catholic Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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