55 Gorham Drive, St Albans, AL1 2HU

55 Gorham Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 2HU). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £709,000 is 15.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 66.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold August 2022 for £612,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.