7 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
About 7 Blakemere Road
7 Blakemere Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in September 2001. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £766,000 sits 286.9% above the 2001 sale of £198,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 76.7% below the postcode norm. 9 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 0 refused. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- Summer houseYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
7 Blakemere Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Blakemere Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Nov 2022ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Erection of a single storey front extension
- Reference
- 6/2022/2254/EM
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Erection of proposed front extension
- Reference
- 6/2022/2224/HOUSE
What's in 7 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ's planning history?
7 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
7 Blakemere Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£766,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£198,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 September 2001Most recent
£198,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7PQ: £810,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in AL8 7PQ
47 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
Sold Nov 2024
£850,00043 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
Sold Mar 2024
£700,00025 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
Sold Oct 2023
£740,00041 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
Sold Sept 2022
£842,50059 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ
Sold Nov 2021
£1,020,000
Everything we know about 7 Blakemere Road, in one report
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Versus other Blakemere Road homes
Price per m² for 7 Blakemere Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,445
Street avg £6,686
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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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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