# 19 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA

## Property details

- Slug: `19a3833` (address key hash: `19a3833165fa639afa8f4d95ff0b54479537bb5d`)
- Postcode: SG2 8UA
- Transactions on record: 2

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Terraced
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 1
- Floor area: 80 m²
- EPC rating: C
- Year built: England and Wales: 1967-1975
- Last sold: £335,000 Jan 2026
- Price per m²: £4,188/m²
- Local average: £340,547 (75 sales)
- Street crime: 76 incidents within 1 mile (May 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £335,000
- Date: 2026-01-30
- Type: T
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** C
- **Potential rating:** C
- **Expiry date:** 09/09/2035
- **Current heating cost:** £799/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £16,500

### Recommendations
- W1 (£5,000 - £10,000)
- U (£8,000 - £10,000)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/8835-2521-0500-0830-4292)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-01-30 | £335,000 | Terraced | +93.6% | £337,369 (to April 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/50d10b84-04a4-b8d0-e063-4704a8c08d98) |
| Sold | 2011-12-16 | £173,000 | Terraced | — | £342,905 (to April 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/c5ef4a37-3f06-4c4e-bd79-97a12103fd6c) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 19 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA | £335,000 | 30/01/2026 | Terraced |
| 19 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA | £173,000 | 16/12/2011 | Terraced |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [166918676](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/de08236)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £335,000 |
| listed | 2025-09-12 | £325,000 |
| sold | 2011-01-01 | £173,000 |
| sold | 2008-01-01 | £153,000 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 17 HAMPTON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SP | £425,000 | 01/09/2025 | Terraced |
| 65 HOLLY LEYS, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8HZ | £350,000 | 12/03/2025 | Terraced |
| 92 HOLLY LEYS, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8HY | £300,000 | 21/02/2025 | Terraced |
| 37 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA | £232,000 | 08/12/2023 | Terraced |
| 66 HOLLY LEYS, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8HZ | £300,000 | 15/12/2022 | Terraced |
| 4 WINDSOR CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UD | £390,000 | 09/12/2022 | Terraced |
| 6 HAMPTON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SP | £400,000 | 25/11/2022 | Terraced |
| 17 HADDON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SU | £440,000 | 09/11/2022 | Terraced |
| 36 OSTERLEY CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SN | £400,000 | 02/09/2022 | Terraced |
| 79 WOBURN CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SW | £407,000 | 31/08/2022 | Terraced |
| 36 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA | £340,000 | 20/07/2022 | Terraced |
| 47 BALMORAL CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UA | £344,000 | 24/06/2022 | Terraced |
| 19 RANWORTH AVENUE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SL | £400,000 | 06/06/2022 | Terraced |
| 118 BLENHEIM WAY, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8TF | £340,000 | 11/05/2022 | Terraced |
| 24 WOBURN CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SW | £380,000 | 04/03/2022 | Terraced |
| 21 HAMPTON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SP | £325,000 | 12/11/2021 | Terraced |
| 12 WINDSOR CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8UD | £350,000 | 29/09/2021 | Terraced |
| 21 HADDON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SU | £327,500 | 17/09/2021 | Terraced |
| 9 HAMPTON CLOSE, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG2 8SP | £330,000 | 06/08/2021 | Terraced |

**Area average:** £356,868 (19 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 17%
- **10y growth:** 37.2%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Stevenage; Terraced series; as of April 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 4.2%
- **5y growth (index):** 16.2%
- **10y growth (index):** 34%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Stevenage). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,287/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,430/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,573/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Stevenage & North Herts (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 2 Bed Maisonette, Hampton Close, SG2 | £1,300/mo | 2 | 0.09 miles | OpenRent |
| 2 Bed Flat, Hampton Close, SG2 | £1,400/mo | 2 | 0.13 miles | OpenRent |
| 2 Bed Terraced House, Brook Drive, SG2 | £2,900/mo | 2 | 0.35 miles | OpenRent |
| 2 Bed Flat, Haygarth, SG3 | £1,300/mo | 2 | 0.99 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,725/mo (4 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.4% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £168,750
- **Target investor price (1%):** £135,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,350/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 4.8%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 20.7×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £-129/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** -1.6%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 29 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 24 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| **Total incidents** | **76** |

*Within 1 mile during May 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| Longmeadow Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Requires improvement — 18 May 2023 |
| Shephalbury Park Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Good — 29 Nov 2022 |
| Knebworth Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 0.9 miles | Good — 28 Nov 2013 |
| Barnwell School | Secondary | 1.0 miles | Good — 18 Jan 2022 |
| Greenside School | Other | 1.0 miles | Good — 15 Mar 2013 |