5 Cottonmill Crescent is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1HW). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 955 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since January 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 sits 344.2% above the 2000 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
5 Cottonmill Crescent sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 May 2020
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 5 Cottonmill Crescent.
Variation of Condition 3 (the windows and doors shall be white painted timber) of planning permission 5/2012/0203 dated 22/3/2012 for Single storey rear extension
5 Cottonmill Crescent's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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CO₂ Emissions for 5 Cottonmill Crescent lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,352
Street avg £4,761
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Full planning data for 5 Cottonmill Crescent, St Albans, AL1 1HW
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21 January 2000Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1HW: £557,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
AL1 1HL
Closest school
0.1 km
St Peter's School. 29 schools nearby.