1 Ellis House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 2AR). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 is 28.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£522/sq ft) was about 67% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £292,000 in March 2020. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
No planning applications are recorded against 1 Ellis House, Ashwood Mews, St Albans, AL1 2AR. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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1 Ellis House has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 19 years.
£292,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 19 years.
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Albans Abbey Rail Station — railway station.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
16 March 2020Most recent
£292,000
+25.6%over 7 years21 September 2012
£232,500
+3.3%over 4 years2 May 2008
£225,000
+24.3%over 1 year25 July 2006
£181,000
+6.5%over 2 years30 September 2003
£170,000
+20.6%over 2 years25 May 2001
£141,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 2AR: £195,000 (2009–2001).
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Closest school
0.3 km
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 29 schools nearby.