34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
About 34 Fordwich Road
34 Fordwich Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £834,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£771/sq ft) was about 97.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £755,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-east-facing
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
34 Fordwich Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
A tree works application was refused at 34 Fordwich Road in 2022.
- Aug 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
15ft crown reduction to 9 x Conifers at rear of garden
- Reference
- 6/2024/0846/EMT
- Jun 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
15ft crown reduction to 9 x conifers at rear of garden
- Reference
- 6/2024/0803/TC
What's in 34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY's planning history?
8 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£834,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 7 years.
£755,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
6 January 2021Most recent
£755,000
+48.0%over 6 years11 June 2014
£510,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EY: £708,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EY
40 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Aug 2024
£708,00049 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Jul 2024
£780,00038 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Nov 2023
£593,0002 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Aug 2022
£675,00018 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Jan 2022
£856,000
Everything we know about 34 Fordwich Road, in one report
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Versus other Fordwich Road homes
Price per m² for 34 Fordwich Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,297
Street avg £5,218
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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. 22 schools nearby.
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