4 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £844,000 sits 87.6% above the 2011 sale of £450,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 23.3% below the postcode norm. At 129 m² it's 26.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 13 EPCs). Last sold in June 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
4 Orchard Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Mar 2021
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension, alterations to roof to accommodate loft conversion with rear dormer window and juliette balcony, insertion of new rooflights, garage conversion, alterations to openings
4 Orchard Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£844,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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4 Orchard Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,488
Street avg £6,414
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 100 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
0.3 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
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Full planning data for 4 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP
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24 June 2011Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.