11 Orchard Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Other recorded features include a balcony.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £978,000 is 29.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 42.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 132 m² it's 29.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 13 EPCs). Last sold in March 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
11 Orchard Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
11 Orchard Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2006.
£978,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 9 years.
£757,000
Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 9 years.
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Floor Area for 11 Orchard Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,735
Street avg £6,227
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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14 March 2016Most recent
£757,000
+148.2%over 9 years15 September 2006
£305,050
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.