8 Orchard Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1456 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £983,000 is 14.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£591/sq ft) was about 58.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £860,000 in November 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.
8 Orchard Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2020
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey side and rear extension at 8 Orchard Close.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single, part two storey side and rear extension
8 Orchard Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.
£983,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 17 years.
£860,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 17 years.
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Floor Area for 8 Orchard Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,357
Street avg £6,175
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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 8 Orchard Close, St Albans, AL1 1JP
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29 November 2019Most recent
£860,000
+244.1%over 17 years28 June 2002
£249,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JP: £695,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.