9 Pondwicks Close, St Albans, AL1 1DG

9 Pondwicks Close is a five-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 517 m² (around 5565 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £3,475,000 is 18.2% below the 2021 sale of £4,250,000, 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 (£764/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 517 m² the property is well over the postcode median (269 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 9 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £4,250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.