124a, London Road, St Albans, AL1 1PQ

124a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 42 m² this is the 13th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in March 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 sits 260.2% above the 1995 sale of £98,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 49.1% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (60 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).