Old Bridle Lodge, Grove Road, St Albans, AL1 1DQ

Old Bridle Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 252 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,129,000 is 18.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£664/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in August 2015.