14 Orient Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £676,000 is 22.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£704/sq ft) was about 95.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in August 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Remove Corkscrew Willow tree in rear garden. It's growing too near the house & boundary fence.
14 Orient Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£676,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 20 years.
£553,500
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 20 years.
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14 Orient Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,582
Street avg £6,919
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Grosvenor Road — bus stop.
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11 August 2017Most recent
£553,500
+55.9%over 7 years28 July 2010
£355,000
+117.8%over 10 years22 December 1999
£163,000
+35.8%over 2 years20 June 1997
£119,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1AJ: £840,000 (2025–2024).
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CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
AL1 1TT
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.