37 Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DU
About 37 Napsbury Lane
37 Napsbury Lane is a detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,481,000 sits 51.9% above the 2022 sale of £975,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£438/sq ft) was about 53.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold October 2022 for £975,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
37 Napsbury Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 37 Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DU
- May 2021Change of UseOutcome in report
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to Class C2 (residential institution) to residential care home for 4 people
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2021/0489
- More recent applications — locked
- HMOAug 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 37 Napsbury Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,481,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 24 years.
£975,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
6 October 2022Most recent
£975,000
+117.9%over 18 years10 June 2004
£447,500
+67.6%over 5 years20 August 1998
£267,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DU: £835,000 (2024–2022).
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Versus other Napsbury Lane homes
On habitable rooms, 37 Napsbury Lane stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,710
Street avg £3,891
Floor Area
207 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Birklands Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Samuel Ryder Academy. 26 schools nearby.
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