2 Orient Close is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £800,000 sits 60% above the 2015 sale of £500,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 22.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
2 Orient Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Aug 2024
Loft conversion with side dormer windows and rooflights
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£800,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 17 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 17 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 2 Orient Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,762
Street avg £7,004
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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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Conversion of garage to habitable room, alterations to openings, insertion of two roof lights and erection of 1.5m high timber fence
Full planning data for 2 Orient Close, St Albans, AL1 1AJ
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30 January 2015Most recent
£500,000
+25.0%over 7 years17 August 2007
£400,000
+196.3%over 4 years22 August 2002
£135,000
-15.1%over 4 years27 October 1997
£158,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1AJ: £840,000 (2025–2024).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.