3 Belmont Hill is a one-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 1RD). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Sale prices here have lagged St Albans HPI: -20% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,347,000 is 12.3% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£630/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in February 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
3 Belmont Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Sept 2024
Fell leaning Ash tree in rear garden.
3 Belmont Hill changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£1,347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -20.0% per year over 1 year.
£1,200,000
Growth on file: -20.0% per year over 1 year.
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Habitable Rooms for 3 Belmont Hill runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,780
Street avg £6,639
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
Belmont Hill — bus stop.
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Discharge of Condition 3 (details of the surfacing materials) and 4 (disposal of surface water) of planning permission 5/2015/2963 dated 11/12/2015 for the Creation of front hardstanding (resubmission following refusal of 5/2015/1645)
Full planning data for 3 Belmont Hill, St Albans, AL1 1RD
4 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
2 February 2016Most recent
£1,200,000
-20.0%over 10 months2 April 2015
£1,500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1RD: £1,100,000 (2025–2013).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
AL1 1JR
Closest school
0.2 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 30 schools nearby.