19 Cottonmill Crescent is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1HW). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2011. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £560,000 is 10.9% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£795/sq ft) was about 198.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £505,000 in July 2023.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
19 Cottonmill Crescent has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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19 Cottonmill Crescent has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2011.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 12 years.
£505,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 12 years.
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19 Cottonmill Crescent outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,559
Street avg £4,106
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cottonmill Crescent — bus stop.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
28 July 2023Most recent
£505,000
+19.8%over 5 years23 March 2018
£421,505
+68.6%over 6 years30 September 2011
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1HW: £557,000 (2025–2013).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
AL1 1DQ
Closest school
0.1 km
St Peter's School. 29 schools nearby.
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