1 Hordle Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JW). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 812 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £704,000 is 25.9% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£688/sq ft) was about 49.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in May 2014.
1 Hordle Gardens'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Apr 2021
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Hip to gable loft conversion with extension to rear dormer window. Single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory, alterations to openings
Price for 1 Hordle Gardens has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£704,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 15 years.
£559,000
Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 15 years.
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1 Hordle Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,409
Street avg £6,342
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 112 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
0.2 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Full planning data for 1 Hordle Gardens, St Albans, AL1 1JW
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
9 May 2014Most recent
£559,000
+31.5%over 2 years28 July 2011
£425,000
+219.5%over 12 years7 May 1999
£133,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JW: £766,500 (2023–2018).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
AL1 1TN
Closest school
0.6 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 35 schools nearby.