The Old Workshop is a detached house in St Albans (AL1 1PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft). At 64 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in The Old Workshop, where floor areas span 57–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 64 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£552/sq ft) was about 84.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Old Workshop has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Discharge of Conditions 6 (noise and vibration) and 7 ii (acoustic report) of planning permission 5/2018/0949 dated 04/02/2019 for Change of use from Class B2 (general industrial) to mixed use (Classes A1 (retail) , A2 (financial and professional services
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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The Old Workshop is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£5,938
Street avg £4,027
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 50 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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
Telford Court — bus stop.
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Discharge of Conditions 11 (verification report) of planning permission 5/2018/0949 dated 04/02/2019 for Change of use from Class B2 (general industrial) to mixed use (Classes A1 (retail) , A2 (financial and professional services) and B1 (a) (business)) a
Full planning data for The Old Workshop, 4, 152 London Road, St Albans, AL1 1PQ
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12 March 2021Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1PQ: £390,000 (2022–2020).
126a London Road St Albans
Sold Nov 2022
The Old Workshop 5 152 London Road St Albans
Sold Feb 2021
The Old Workshop 6 152 London Road St Albans
Sold Feb 2021
The Old Workshop 3 152 London Road St Albans
Sold Dec 2020
The Old Workshop 2 152 London Road St Albans
Sold Nov 2020
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Years Held
5 years
Street avg 11 years
AL1 1HA
Closest school
0.3 km
St Peter's School. 34 schools nearby.