19a, Alma Road, St Albans, AL1 3AR

19a is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3AR). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2016. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. At 63 m² this is the 28th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–213 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 40 units on file.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 45.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£664/sq ft) was about 32.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.