25 Napsbury Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£543/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £900,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
25 Napsbury Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Cut overhang of trees overhanging from rear adjoining fields and woodland W4 back to boundary up to 7m..
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2000.
£970,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 21 years.
£900,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 21 years.
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Price per m² for 25 Napsbury Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,844
Street avg £3,824
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Birklands Park — bus stop.
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Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension with pitched roof following demolition of existing single storey side and rear extension, loft conversion with front, rear and side dormer windows and side rooflights and alterations to openings (part retrospective)
Full planning data for 25 Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DU
4 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
25 February 2022Most recent
£900,000
+104.5%over 7 years15 December 2014
£440,000
+83.3%over 14 years3 November 2000
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DU: £835,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.9 km
Samuel Ryder Academy. 26 schools nearby.