5 Hordle Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1JW). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £861,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£647/sq ft) was about 38.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £766,500 in December 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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Oct 2023
No planning applications are recorded against 5 Hordle Gardens, St Albans, AL1 1JW. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 2003.
£861,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 19 years.
£766,500
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 19 years.
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5 Hordle Gardens is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£6,968
Street avg £6,386
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.2 km
Cunningham Avenue — bus stop.
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13 December 2021Most recent
£766,500
+38.9%over 7 years20 June 2014
£552,000
+27.5%over 7 years24 May 2007
£433,000
+53.0%over 4 years4 April 2003
£283,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1JW: £715,000 (2023–2017).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
AL1 1SZ
Closest school
0.6 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 35 schools nearby.