3 Cloister Garth, St Albans, AL1 2HT

3 Cloister Garth is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 2HT). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £803,000 sits 65.6% above the 2015 sale of £485,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 34% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in November 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.