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).
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. 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. 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. 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.
37 Napsbury Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Change of use of dwelling house into residential care home for up to four young people
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.
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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
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Birklands Park — bus stop.
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Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to Class C2 (residential institution) to residential care home for 4 people
Full planning data for 37 Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DU
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7 October 2022Most recent
£975,000
+117.9%over 18 years11 June 2004
£447,500
+67.6%over 5 years21 August 1998
£267,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1DU: £835,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
AL1 1JJ
Closest school
0.9 km
Samuel Ryder Academy. 26 schools nearby.