5 Farm Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RP

5 Farm Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6RP). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£556/sq ft) was about 250.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £580,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.