12 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
About 12 Rooks Hill
12 Rooks Hill is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6ET). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 888 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £564,000 sits 68.4% above the 2011 sale of £335,000. 8 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 15 years since the last transfer (September 2011).
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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
Energy performance
12 Rooks Hill's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Oct 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 12 Rooks Hill.
- Oct 2016ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 2 (plans) on planning permission 6/2015/2448/HOUSE
- Reference
- 6/2016/1410/VAR
- Sept 2016ExtensionIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of two storey, single storey rear extension and alterations
- Reference
- 6/2016/1452/EM
What's in 12 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£564,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 14 years.
£335,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
14 September 2011Most recent
£335,000
+103.0%over 11 years21 November 1999
£165,000
+17.9%over 2 years18 June 1997
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6ET: £675,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in AL8 6ET
20 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
Sold Jul 2023
£680,00022 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
Sold Mar 2023
£680,00018 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
Sold Mar 2021
£675,00024 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
Sold Jun 2015
£450,00016 Rooks Hill, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ET
Sold Jan 2014
£374,900
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Versus other Rooks Hill homes
12 Rooks Hill outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,063
Street avg £5,141
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
0.7 km
Applecroft School. 21 schools nearby.
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