Malabo Lodge, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
About Malabo Lodge
Malabo Lodge is a detached house in Elstree, Borehamwood, Borehamwood (WD6 3QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 632 m² (around 6803 sq ft) and council tax band H. The latest certificate (April 2020) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
At 632 m² the property is well over the postcode median (286 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Know exactly what you're buying at Malabo Lodge
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Malabo Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2016ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (surface water run-off) and 8 (drainage) of planning permission reference 16/0693/VOC (previously conditions 8 and 9 of original application 13/2320/FUL).
- Agent
- Trinder Architectural Ltd.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/1618/DOC
- Jun 2016ConditionsIn report
Application for variation of condition 13 to amend approved plans following grant of planning permission ref 13/2320/FUL.
- Agent
- Trinder Architectural Ltd.
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/0693/VOC
What's in Malabo Lodge, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ's planning history?
8 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Malabo Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£3,941,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 3QZ: £1,860,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in WD6 3QZ
Copperfields, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
Sold Nov 2024
£1,860,000Gaisgill, Flat 3, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
Sold Apr 2023
£1,930,000Gaisgill, Flat 6, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
Sold Mar 2023
£2,150,000Gaisgill, Flat 4, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
Sold Oct 2022
£1,600,000Gaisgill, Flat 5, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ
Sold Sept 2022
£1,650,000
Everything we know about Malabo Lodge, 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 Barnet Lane homes
EPC Rating for Malabo Lodge runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
87 (B)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
632 m²
Street avg 388 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 12.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Knowl Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
St Nicholas Elstree Church of England VA Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB