39 Cottonmill Crescent is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1HW). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£719/sq ft) was about 145.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £557,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey side and rear extension at 39 Cottonmill Crescent.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single, part two storey side and rear extensions with rooflights and single storey front extension
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£557,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£557,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 39 Cottonmill Crescent stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,736
Street avg £4,181
Floor Area
72 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.
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Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single, part two storey side and rear and single storey front extension to form new dwelling with associated hard and soft landscaping works and addition of drop kerb from Cottonmill Crescent
Full planning data for 39 Cottonmill Crescent, St Albans, AL1 1HW
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
6 October 2022Most recent
£557,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1HW: £505,000 (2025–2018).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
AL1 1RQ
Closest school
0.1 km
St Peter's School. 29 schools nearby.