16 Butt Field View, St Albans, AL1 2QL

16 Butt Field View is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 2QL). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £592,000 is 44.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£515/sq ft) was about 57.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (December 2014). 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.