19 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
About 19 Gresley Close
19 Gresley Close is a detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7QA). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £791,000 is 16.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 102.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £680,000. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2005Garage ConversionFullIn report
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO FACILITATE CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM.
- Reference
- N6/2005/0877/FP
- Sept 2005Loft ConversionFullIn report
INSERTION OF 2 DORMER WINDOWS TO FACILITATE LOFT CONVERSION
- Reference
- N6/2005/0874/FP
What's in 19 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£791,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£680,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 October 2022Most recent
£680,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7QA: £660,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in AL8 7QA
97 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Dec 2022
£325,0003 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Nov 2022
£745,00075 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Feb 2021
£645,0007 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Jul 2020
£660,00025 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Jan 2020
£687,500
Everything we know about 19 Gresley Close, 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 Gresley Close homes
CO₂ Emissions for 19 Gresley Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,152
Street avg £4,140
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
0.3 km
Pentley Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Templewood Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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