12 Oswald Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a basement and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£680/sq ft) was about 102% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold June 2021 for £790,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Part single, part two storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension, loft conversion with dormer to rear and rooflights to front (resubmission following approval of 5/2021/2986 dated 10/05/2022)
12 Oswald Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£817,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 18 years.
£790,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 18 years.
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12 Oswald Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,315
Street avg £5,438
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Alexandra Road — bus stop.
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Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Part single, part two storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension, loft conversion with dormer to rear and rooflights to front
Full planning data for 12 Oswald Road, St Albans, AL1 3AQ
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
25 June 2021Most recent
£790,000
+167.8%over 17 years18 July 2003
£295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3AQ: £775,000 (2024–2021).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
AL1 3BH
Closest school
0.4 km
Loreto College. 37 schools nearby.