5 Abbots Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2HY

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. Across 1997–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 sits 122.3% 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.