3 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
About 3 Great North Road
3 Great North Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7TH). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 823 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It hasn't traded since January 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 76 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £454,000 sits 97.4% above the 2011 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 22.2% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 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
- Bedrooms3
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
3 Great North Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Great North Road has an approved front extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Erection of front porch
Extension- Reference
- 6/2023/1223/HOUSE
- Aug 2011PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Erection of part single, part two storey rear extension, single storey side extension, porch canopy and repositioning of existing garage
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- N6/2011/1203/FP
What's in 3 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Great North Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£454,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£230,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 January 2011Most recent
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7TH: £522,500 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in AL8 7TH
16 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
Sold Aug 2023
£540,0004 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
Sold Mar 2023
£517,0008b, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
Sold Jan 2023
£695,0001 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
Sold Feb 2019
£430,00025 Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TH
Sold Jan 2019
£522,500
Everything we know about 3 Great North Road, in one report
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Versus other Great North Road homes
3 Great North Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,009
Street avg £4,318
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Lakes — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Stanborough School. 15 schools nearby.
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