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18 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA

Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
102 m²
1098 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 67
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 18 Brooms Close

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

18 Brooms Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7JA). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 89.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £506,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • FireplaceYes

Outside

  • Private gardenRear
  • GarageYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

18 Brooms Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Apr 2022

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D67
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Brooms Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7JA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

18 Brooms Close has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2012.

Current estimate

£508,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£506,000

Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 8 September 2022Most recent

    £506,000

    +102.4%over 10 years

  2. 28 June 2012

    £250,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7JA: £373,000 (2025–2018).

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On the street

Versus other Brooms Close homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

18 Brooms Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,961

Street avg £4,931

On par

Floor Area

102 m²

Street avg 76 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

3.4 t/year

Street avg 3.2 t/year

Below
Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Welwyn Garden City district page.
Full Welwyn Garden City report

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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