18 Orient Close is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The property has solar panels and an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £899,000 is 10.3% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£728/sq ft) was about 101.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £815,000 in July 2024.
Both solar generation and EV charging are on file — a rare pair for the postcode.
Loft conversion with rear dormer window and installation of rooflights
18 Orient Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£899,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 27 years.
£815,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 27 years.
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18 Orient Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,837
Street avg £6,911
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Solar PV panels (20 kWp) installed
Conversion of garage into habitable room
Full planning data for 18 Orient Close, St Albans, AL1 1AJ
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12 July 2024Most recent
£815,000
+44.2%over 9 years13 May 2015
£565,000
+50.7%over 4 years4 June 2010
£375,000
+108.4%over 11 years6 May 1999
£179,950
+23.3%over 1 year20 June 1997
£145,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1AJ: £840,000 (2025–2023).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.