19 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
About 19 Fordwich Road
19 Fordwich Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EX). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1382 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 6 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 2002–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £730,000 sits 57% above the 2011 sale of £465,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 15.4% below the postcode norm.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageSingle
Energy performance
19 Fordwich Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Jan 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
19 Fordwich Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
19 Fordwich Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£730,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 8 years.
£465,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
19 April 2011Most recent
£465,000
+41.8%over 8 years22 November 2002
£328,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EX: £625,000 (2022–2009).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EX
29 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
Sold Dec 2022
£937,50011 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
Sold Mar 2022
£725,7553 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
Sold Jul 2019
£625,00027 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
Sold Sept 2011
£440,00015 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EX
Sold Aug 2009
£380,000
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Versus other Fordwich Road homes
EPC Rating for 19 Fordwich Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,623
Street avg £5,529
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
0.6 km
Applecroft School. 21 schools nearby.
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