29 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
About 29 Elm Gardens
29 Elm Gardens is a semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6RX). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 17.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 18 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 29 Elm Gardens.
- Mar 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey rear/side extension with rooflight
- Reference
- 6/2023/2557/HOUSE
- Apr 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce 2 Hornbeam trees by 6m
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- N6/2015/0284/TC
What's in 29 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
29 Elm Gardens has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£588,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6RX: £600,000 (2023–2012).
Nearby sales in AL8 6RX
47 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
Sold Aug 2023
£750,00019 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
Sold Sept 2020
£600,00017 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
Sold Oct 2015
£605,00045 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
Sold Nov 2014
£400,00021 Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RX
Sold Oct 2011
£390,000
Everything we know about 29 Elm Gardens, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Elm Gardens homes
Floor Area for 29 Elm Gardens runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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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