3 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
About 3 Fearnley Road
3 Fearnley Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6HW). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 13 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. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £936,000 is 21.8% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: May 2019 at £768,500.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- LoftYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
3 Fearnley Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Fearnley Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2019Tree WorksIn report
Fell 1 x Cherry Tree Fell 2 x Trees (species unknown) Remove 1 x Hedge and replace with fence
- Reference
- 6/2019/2265/EM
- Oct 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1 x Cherry Tree Fell 2 x Trees (species unknown)
- Reference
- 6/2019/2150/TC
What's in 3 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Fearnley Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£936,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 19 years.
£768,500
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
7 May 2019Most recent
£768,500
+62.8%over 15 years18 April 2004
£472,000
+52.3%over 4 years18 February 2000
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6HW: £700,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in AL8 6HW
21 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
Sold Sept 2023
£700,00014 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
Sold Feb 2022
£830,00017 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
Sold Feb 2020
£712,50015 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
Sold May 2019
£640,0005 Fearnley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HW
Sold Nov 2017
£661,000
Everything we know about 3 Fearnley Road, in one report
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Versus other Fearnley Road homes
EPC Rating for 3 Fearnley Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,228
Street avg £5,647
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
Barleycroft Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Applecroft School. 21 schools nearby.
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