Orchard Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,876,000 is 11.3% below the 2025 sale of £2,115,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£936/sq ft) was about 47.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). A recent sale: £2,115,000 in July 2025. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Removal of parapet, new pitched roof and application of render to dining room and alterations to fenestration
Sale price has at least doubled since 2003.
£1,876,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 22 years.
£2,115,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 22 years.
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Years Held for Orchard Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,071
Street avg £6,567
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 236 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
0.0 km
Abbey — bus stop.
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Full planning data for Orchard Cottage, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BX
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25 July 2025Most recent
£2,115,000
+5.8%over 4 years16 October 2020
£2,000,000
+100.0%over 14 years2 June 2006
£999,999
+37.9%over 3 years10 April 2003
£725,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1BX: £1,100,000 (2024–2020).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.2 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 30 schools nearby.