28 Oswald Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since August 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £632,000 sits 158% above the 2005 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 24.2% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
28 Oswald Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension with pitched roof
28 Oswald Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£632,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 4 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 4 years.
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Floor Area for 28 Oswald Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,816
Street avg £5,760
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 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: Rear of property
Single storey rear extension replacing existing covered way
Full planning data for 28 Oswald Road, St Albans, AL1 3AQ
5 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
19 August 2005Most recent
£245,000
+40.8%over 3 years7 September 2001
£174,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3AQ: £775,000 (2024–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
AL1 3NU
Closest school
0.4 km
Loreto College. 37 schools nearby.