24 Orient Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£960/sq ft) was about 169.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 91 m² it's 19.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 33 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2024 at £940,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
Extension: Rear of property
Rear conservatory
Price for 24 Orient Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£968,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 27 years.
£940,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 27 years.
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24 Orient Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,330
Street avg £6,835
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
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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Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 24 Orient Close, St Albans, AL1 1AJ
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12 November 2024Most recent
£940,000
+113.6%over 13 years30 June 2011
£440,000
+6.0%over 4 years23 November 2006
£415,000
+162.7%over 9 years30 July 1997
£157,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1AJ: £815,000 (2025–2023).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.