90 Holywell Hill is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in March 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £603,000 sits 235% above the 1998 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 46.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
New detached garage
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90 Holywell Hill's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£603,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£180,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
90 Holywell Hill outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,195
Street avg £5,951
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
Belmont Hill — bus stop.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Demolition of garage and replace with new brick garage
6 March 1998Most recent
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DH: £480,000 (2024–2020).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
AL1 1TS
Closest school
0.0 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 28 schools nearby.
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