17 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £579,000 is 35.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£516/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. At 77 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 13 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jan 2024
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side and rear extension with rear gable and single storey rear extension with rooflight, insertion of new front dormer
17 Orchard Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£579,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 14 years.
£427,500
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 14 years.
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17 Orchard Close is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£5,552
Street avg £6,242
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
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Full planning data for 17 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP
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4 July 2014Most recent
£427,500
+169.0%over 14 years26 May 2000
£158,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.