3 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6QW
About 3 Guessens Road
3 Guessens Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6QW). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £825,000 is 23.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£556/sq ft) was about 16.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 112 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 3 EPCs). Sold November 2018 for £670,000.
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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
Energy performance
3 Guessens Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Guessens Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- May 2020
- Feb 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1 x Eucalyptus (T1) covered by conservation area
Conservation Area- Reference
- 6/2020/0104/TC
What's in 3 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6QW's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Guessens Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£825,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 19 years.
£670,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
9 November 2018Most recent
£670,000
+179.2%over 19 years18 July 1999
£240,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in AL8 6QW: £660,000 (2019–1995).
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Versus other Guessens Road homes
3 Guessens Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,982
Street avg £4,185
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Russellcroft Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Templewood Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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