25 Watsons Walk is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1PD). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£666/sq ft) was about 74.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £788,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Rear of property
25 Watsons Walk has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£811,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 26 years.
£788,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 26 years.
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On floor area, 25 Watsons Walk stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,164
Street avg £6,653
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 69 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
Cottonmill Crescent — bus stop.
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Single storey rear extension with rooflights following demolition of existing conservatory
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension with rooflights following demolition of existing conservatory, insertion of rear dormer windows and front rooflights (resubmission following invalid application 5/2019/0342)
Full planning data for 25 Watsons Walk, St Albans, AL1 1PD
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
27 October 2023Most recent
£788,000
+1.7%over 1 year7 December 2021
£775,000
+1.8%over 4 years20 January 2017
£761,000
+128.5%over 12 years22 October 2004
£333,000
+35.9%over 3 years25 July 2001
£245,000
+137.9%over 4 years29 April 1997
£103,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1PD: £465,000 (2025–2023).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
AL1 1JW
Closest school
0.2 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.