3 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
About 3 Gresley Close
3 Gresley Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7QA). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 119 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, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£582/sq ft) was about 146% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £745,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- Summer houseYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Gresley Close has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2016Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of garage into habitable space and extension of porch
ExtensionPorch- Reference
- 6/2016/0584/HOUSE
- Jun 2007FullIn report
SUMMERHOUSE TO REPLACE STORM DAMAGED GREENHOUSE AND WORN OUT GARDEN SHED.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2007/0638/FP
What's in 3 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
Price for 3 Gresley Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£726,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 27 years.
£745,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
8 November 2022Most recent
£745,000
+60.2%over 9 years31 July 2013
£465,000
+26.5%over 5 years21 December 2007
£367,500
+108.5%over 8 years25 May 1999
£176,250
+38.2%over 3 years27 March 1996
£127,500
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
£325,00019 Gresley Close, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QA
Sold Oct 2022
£680,00075 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 3 Gresley Close, in one report
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Versus other Gresley Close homes
Years Held for 3 Gresley Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,261
Street avg £4,103
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 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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