6 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
About 6 Digswell Lodge
6 Digswell Lodge is an end-of-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 13 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 historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
6 Digswell Lodge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Dec 2015AmendmentIn report
Non material amendment following approval of planning permission N6/2007/0987/MA - Alteration of marking of 4 no existing carspaces
- Reference
- N6/2014/1614/NM
What's in 6 Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
6 Digswell Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£986,000
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 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 6 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 epc rating, 6 Digswell Lodge runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 79 (C)
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 119 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.2 km
Pentley Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Templewood Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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