22 Orchard Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £809,000 is 28.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£552/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
22 Orchard Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Rear of property
Rear conservatory
22 Orchard Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£809,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 23 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 23 years.
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On years held, 22 Orchard Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,943
Street avg £6,210
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 102 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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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 22 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP
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12 April 2022Most recent
£630,000
+328.2%over 22 years26 January 2000
£147,115
+26.8%over 8 months7 June 1999
£116,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.