98 Holywell Hill is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 639 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
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 (£751/sq ft) was about 114.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £480,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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98 Holywell Hill's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2022
98 Holywell Hill has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Price for 98 Holywell Hill has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£503,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 27 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 27 years.
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What we flagged
Price per m² for 98 Holywell Hill runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,081
Street avg £5,498
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 89 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
4 February 2022Most recent
£480,000
+9.1%over 1 year27 March 2020
£440,000
+6.0%over 4 years3 June 2015
£415,000
+29.5%over 2 years9 July 2012
£320,500
+9.2%over 4 years6 June 2008
£293,500
+17.4%over 2 years30 November 2005
£249,950
+6.8%over 1 year30 January 2004
£234,000
+91.0%over 4 years26 March 1999
£122,500
+48.0%over 3 years20 July 1995
£82,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DH: £558,500 (2024–2017).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
AL1 1DQ
Closest school
0.0 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 28 schools nearby.
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