27 Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DU

27 Napsbury Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a corner plot.

Last sale on file: £888,000 in April 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 122 m² it's 19.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,069,000 is 20.4% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£676/sq ft) was about 148.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.