19 Gorham Drive, St Albans, AL1 2HU
About 19 Gorham Drive
19 Gorham Drive is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 2HU). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 886 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 512.9% above the 1997 sale of £79,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 66.2% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
19 Gorham Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Mar 2021
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Planning history
19 Gorham Drive has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 19 Gorham Drive was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£490,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£79,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 January 1997Most recent
£79,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 2HU: £565,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in AL1 2HU
Versus other Gorham Drive homes
19 Gorham Drive is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£972
Street avg £4,130
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Holyrood Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Mandeville Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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