40 Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BX
About 40 Holywell Hill
40 Holywell Hill is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 424 m² (around 4564 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £3,808,000 is 12.5% below the 2025 sale of £4,350,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£953/sq ft) was about 57.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 424 m² the property is well over the postcode median (166 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold December 2025 for £4,350,000. 11 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
40 Holywell Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 7 June 2035
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Planning history
40 Holywell Hill has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
11 applications on record at 40 Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BX
- Nov 2005HeritageOutcome in report
Partial demolition of boundary wall
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 5/2005/1856
- More recent applications — locked
- HeritageMar 2026Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2025Decision
+ 8 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 40 Holywell Hill was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£3,808,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 30 years.
£4,350,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 30 years.
Sales timeline
8 December 2025Most recent
£4,350,000
+45.0%over 22 years15 July 2003
£3,000,000
+628.2%over 7 years31 July 1995
£412,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1BX: £1,275,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Apr 2022
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Sold Mar 2022
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Sold Dec 2020
£300,000
Versus other Holywell Hill homes
On years held, 40 Holywell Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£10,259
Street avg £6,365
Floor Area
424 m²
Street avg 251 m²
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 12.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
283/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Abbey — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 30 schools nearby.
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