19 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
About 19 Elm Gardens
19 Elm Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6RX). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £753,000 is 25.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 42.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £600,000 in September 2020.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
19 Elm Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A tree works application was refused at 19 Elm Gardens in 2021.
- Sept 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
1 x Sycamore to fell to ground level.
- Reference
- 6/2021/2121/TC
- Jul 2021
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Sales history & valuation
19 Elm Gardens has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£753,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 19 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
21 September 2020Most recent
£600,000
+55.8%over 12 years4 September 2008
£385,000
+32.8%over 6 years15 March 2002
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6RX: £485,000 (2023–2011).
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Versus other Elm Gardens homes
EPC Rating for 19 Elm Gardens lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,128
Street avg £4,856
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
Youngs Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Applecroft School. 18 schools nearby.
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