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 (54 m² across 24 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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34a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
34a has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
Listed Building consent - Regularisation of urgent repair works including structural support to basements, drain repair to new found basement under No 32, replacement shopfront glazing, roof repairs, brickwork reinforcement to south gable, relocation of k
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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.
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.
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What we flagged
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Peahen PH — bus stop.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials), 5 (windows and doors) and 8 (external lighting) of Listed Building consent 5/2020/0710 dated 05/06/2020 for Repairs to roof and front fa�ade, including repointing of brickwork, replacement of shopfront timber fascia
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1BZ: £368,000 (2020–2016).
Closest school
0.3 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 30 schools nearby.
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