34a, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BZ
About 34a
34a is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Energy performance
34a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
34a has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
5 applications on record at 34a, Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BZ
- Jul 2019ApplicationOutcome in report
Listed Building consent- Repairs to rear extension render, roof and front fa�ade, including repointing of brickwork, replacement of shopfront timber fascia and redecoration, replacement flashing, broken roof tiles, hardwood cills, windows and redecoration
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2019/1369
- More recent applications — locked
- BasementMay 2023Decision
- ConditionsDec 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
34a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£521,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1BZ: £368,000 (2020–2016).
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Peahen PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 30 schools nearby.
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