7 Bardwell Road, St Albans, AL1 1RQ
About 7 Bardwell Road
7 Bardwell Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 1RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£809/sq ft) was about 111.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £575,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
7 Bardwell Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 May 2028
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Planning history
1 application on record at 7 Bardwell Road, St Albans, AL1 1RQ
- Jun 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with rooflight
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2019/1013
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Sales history & valuation
7 Bardwell Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£586,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 21 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£575,000
+21.1%over 4 years12 November 2018
£475,000
+171.8%over 17 years4 October 2001
£174,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 1RQ: £640,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in AL1 1RQ
Versus other Bardwell Road homes
On epc rating, 7 Bardwell Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,712
Street avg £7,164
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
283/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Belmont Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Peter's School. 30 schools nearby.
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