2 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 83 m² it's 21.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £746,000 is 19.4% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£700/sq ft) was about 115.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £625,000 in June 2024.
2 Orchard Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
No planning applications are recorded against 2 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Full planning data for 2 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP
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2 Orchard Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£746,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£625,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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2 Orchard Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£7,530
Street avg £6,077
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 103 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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19 June 2024Most recent
£625,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
AL1 1TT
Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.