4 Archington Court, Oswald Road, St Albans, AL1 3AQ

4 Archington Court is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 sits 378% above the 1996 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 72.1% below the postcode norm. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs).