18 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY

18 Fordwich Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 13 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £964,000 is 12.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£552/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £856,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.