1 Cloister Garth, St Albans, AL1 2HT
About 1 Cloister Garth
1 Cloister Garth is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 2HT). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 is 25.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£538/sq ft) was about 112.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 Cloister Garth, St Albans, AL1 2HT
- Jul 2022Loft ConversionOutlineOutcome in report
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed loft conversion with rear dormers and rooflight in front roof slope
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2022/1220
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Sales history & valuation
1 Cloister Garth has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£595,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 14 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
19 October 2017Most recent
£475,000
+94.7%over 12 years24 August 2005
£244,000
+19.0%over 1 year15 April 2004
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 2HT: £389,000 (2016–2010).
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Versus other Cloister Garth homes
Price per m² for 1 Cloister Garth runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,793
Street avg £3,609
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Holyrood Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Mandeville Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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