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.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. 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.
9 Pondwicks Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Rear garden trees T2 Ash (T2 on TPO Plan) - remove failed limb and reduce back lower lateral limb over garden by 2-3m - to make safe and reduce shading over garden. Conifer (CA) - reduce height of co - dominant stem to below faliure point of other co
Latest sale on 9 Pondwicks Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£3,885,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 16 years.
£4,250,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 16 years.
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9 Pondwicks Close is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£8,221
Street avg £7,681
Floor Area
517 m²
Street avg 299 m²
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Belmont Hill — bus stop.
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Area of Laurel to be removed in the rear garden.
Full planning data for 9 Pondwicks Close, St Albans, AL1 1DG
7 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
8 October 2021Most recent
£4,250,000
+18.1%over 2 years23 January 2019
£3,600,000
+140.0%over 13 years25 November 2005
£1,500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DG: £1,700,000 (2019–2002).
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Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.3 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.1 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 28 schools nearby.