18 Ashby Gardens, St Albans, AL1 2NP
About 18 Ashby Gardens
18 Ashby Gardens is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 2NP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since September 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 sits 302.5% above the 1999 sale of £118,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
18 Ashby Gardens sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
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Planning history
18 Ashby Gardens 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
18 Ashby Gardens's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£475,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.9% per year over 2 years.
£118,000
Growth on file: 14.9% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 1999Most recent
£118,000
+38.9%over 2 years8 May 1997
£84,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 2NP: £460,000 (2025–2021).
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Versus other Ashby Gardens homes
18 Ashby Gardens is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,341
Street avg £5,514
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Watling View School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Mandeville Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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