5 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
About 5 Digswell Lodge
5 Digswell Lodge is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £607,000 is 21.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in August 2015. At 92 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 13 EPCs).
Know exactly what you're buying at 5 Digswell Lodge
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
5 Digswell Lodge'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Digswell Lodge has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Oct 2019ApplicationIn report
Installation of 2x external burglar alarm boxes
- Reference
- 6/2019/2088/EM
- Oct 2019HeritageIn report
Installation of 2x external burglar alarm boxes
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 6/2019/2076/LB
What's in 5 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
5 Digswell Lodge valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£607,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 August 2015Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7NU: £680,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in AL8 7NU
1 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Sold Aug 2022
£760,0008 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Sold Mar 2022
£700,0003 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Sold Nov 2020
£680,0002 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Sold Oct 2020
£675,0009 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Sold Jul 2020
£600,000
Everything we know about 5 Digswell Lodge, 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 Digswell Rise homes
On floor area, 5 Digswell Lodge runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,435
Street avg £4,473
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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1 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise
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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
0.2 km
Pentley Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Templewood Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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