5 Nightingale Lane, St Albans, AL1 1DX

5 Nightingale Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 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. Across 2003–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,307,000 sits 56.5% above the 2016 sale of £835,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in February 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension, a porch and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.