1 Grove Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 414 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,194/sq ft) was about 174.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in June 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. At 39 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 4 EPCs).
1 Grove Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jan 2019
1 Grove Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Extension: Rear of property
Certficate of Lawfulness (existing) - Single storey rear extension
1 Grove Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£508,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 14 years.
£495,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 14 years.
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1 Grove Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£12,857
Street avg £7,040
Floor Area
39 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Extension: Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)- Single storey rear extension
Full planning data for 1 Grove Road, St Albans, AL1 1DQ
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
30 June 2016Most recent
£495,000
+167.6%over 7 years28 May 2009
£185,000
+1.6%over 6 years20 December 2002
£182,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DQ: £416,000 (2021–2003).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
AL1 1TS
Closest school
0.0 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 28 schools nearby.