15 Hordle Gardens, St Albans, AL1 1JW
About 15 Hordle Gardens
15 Hordle Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JW). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £825,000 in March 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £953,000 is 15.5% above the 2021 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
15 Hordle Gardens's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 27 January 2024
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Planning history
15 Hordle Gardens has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 15 Hordle Gardens, St Albans, AL1 1JW
- May 2006Loft ConversionOutlineOutcome in report
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion with rear dormer window
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2006/0856
- More recent applications — locked
- OutlineAug 2018Decision
- ExtensionDec 2008Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
15 Hordle Gardens has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£953,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.7% per year over 24 years.
£825,000
Growth on file: 9.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
24 March 2021Most recent
£825,000
+38.1%over 5 years27 November 2015
£597,500
+279.5%over 15 years28 March 2000
£157,450
+74.9%over 3 years26 March 1997
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JW: £715,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in AL1 1JW
Versus other Hordle Gardens homes
Habitable Rooms for 15 Hordle Gardens runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,729
Street avg £6,510
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
283/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 35 schools nearby.
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