14 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
About 14 Brooms Close
14 Brooms Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7JA). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 728 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 73.2% above the 2012 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 22.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in January 2012.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
14 Brooms Close 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Feb 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
14 Brooms Close has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Feb 2016PorchIn report
Extension: Front of property
Erection of a porch at the entrance of the property (main front door entry)
Extension- Reference
- 6/2016/0053/EM
- May 2013ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey
Certificate of lawfulness for existing single storey rear extension
Retrospective- Reference
- N6/2013/1084/LUP
What's in 14 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 15 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
20 January 2012Most recent
£220,000
+25.4%over 8 years5 December 2003
£175,500
+122.9%over 6 years26 June 1997
£78,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7JA: £422,500 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in AL8 7JA
16 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
Sold Mar 2025
£422,50013 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
Sold Jun 2024
£373,00018 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
Sold Sept 2022
£506,00012 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
Sold Dec 2021
£525,0002 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA
Sold Jul 2020
£373,000
Everything we know about 14 Brooms Close, in one report
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Versus other Brooms Close homes
On price per m², 14 Brooms Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,253
Street avg £5,215
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Great Dell — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Templewood Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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