9 Firbank, Barn Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6SU
About 9 Firbank
9 Firbank is a detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6SU). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 660 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 61 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 8 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
9 Firbank sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2022PorchIn report
Replace existing porch with like for like replacement.
Extension- Reference
- 6/2022/1370/EM
What's in 9 Firbank, Barn Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6SU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
9 Firbank has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£371,000
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.
Everything we know about 9 Firbank, in one report
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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
Farm Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Applecroft School. 21 schools nearby.
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