8 Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
About 8 Digswell Place
8 Digswell Place is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7SU). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).
At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£836/sq ft) was about 155.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £315,000. 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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Digswell Place has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Price for 8 Digswell Place has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£339,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 26 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
19 October 2022Most recent
£315,000
+96.9%over 18 years31 May 2004
£159,995
+28.0%over 1 year11 July 2002
£125,000
+72.4%over 2 years28 October 1999
£72,500
+35.5%over 2 years30 October 1996
£53,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7SU: £895,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in AL8 7SU
Northwood Lodge, Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
Sold Oct 2024
£1,300,000The Cottage, Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
Sold Jun 2021
£949,000The Pavilion, Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
Sold Mar 2020
£765,0007 Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
Sold Nov 2018
£253,000East House, Digswell Place, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7SU
Sold Sept 2016
£1,950,000
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Versus other Digswell Place homes
Floor Area for 8 Digswell Place lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,000
Street avg £8,209
Floor Area
35 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Uplands — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Templewood Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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