17 Orient Close, St Albans, AL1 1AJ

17 Orient Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £767,000 sits 59.8% above the 2014 sale of £480,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 39.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 89 m² it's 17.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 33 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.