42 Watsons Walk is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1PD). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in October 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£821/sq ft) was about 118.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £538,800 in December 2024. At 61 m² it's 16.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 25 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 42 Watsons Walk.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Part single, part two storey rear extensions
42 Watsons Walk saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 7 years.
£538,800
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 7 years.
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42 Watsons Walk outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,833
Street avg £6,560
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 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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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
Window efficiency improved
Full planning data for 42 Watsons Walk, St Albans, AL1 1PD
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13 December 2024Most recent
£538,800
+1.7%over 3 years30 April 2021
£530,000
+39.5%over 3 years23 March 2018
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1PD: £465,000 (2025–2023).
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CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
AL1 1DQ
Closest school
0.2 km
St Peter's School. 33 schools nearby.