5 Abbots Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 2HY). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1036 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2011. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 11.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £538,000 sits 103.1% above the 2004 sale of £264,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 125% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
5 Abbots Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 May 2021
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Side and rear of property
Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.4% per year over 7 years.
£264,950
Growth on file: 11.4% per year over 7 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
0.0 km
Abbots Avenue — bus stop.
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Demolition of existing single storey projection and construction of a single storey side and front extension with front canopy, bike store and 2m high boundary wall and rooflight to front elevation
Full planning data for 5 Abbots Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2HY
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6 August 2004Most recent
£264,950
+57.2%over 3 years4 May 2001
£168,500
+5.1%over 1 year20 January 2000
£160,250
+25.2%over 2 years31 October 1997
£128,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in AL1 2HY: £159,000 (2012–1998).
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AL1 2NP
Closest school
0.5 km
Mandeville Primary School. 30 schools nearby.