5 Grove Road is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007-2011. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2019. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 54 m² it's 22.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 4 EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A recent planning application at 5 Grove Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
Conversion of existing mono-pitch roof of outbuilding to a new pitched roof to match adjacent outbuilding
5 Grove Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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EPC Rating for 5 Grove Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 95 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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 changed
Hot water system changed
Floor insulation added or improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - new canopy to rear of existing dwelling
Full planning data for 5 Grove Road, St Albans, AL1 1DQ
4 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DQ: £416,000 (2021–2010).
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Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Closest school
0.0 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 28 schools nearby.