23 Lemsford Village, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TN

23 Lemsford Village is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7TN). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£795/sq ft) was about 98.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £385,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.