49 Alexandra Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£672/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 24 EPCs). Last sale on file: £600,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
49 Alexandra Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2024
49 Alexandra Road has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension
49 Alexandra Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 26 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 26 years.
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On habitable rooms, 49 Alexandra Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,229
Street avg £6,720
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 70 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
Iceland — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 49 Alexandra Road, St Albans, AL1 3AU
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17 May 2022Most recent
£600,000
+27.7%over 7 years20 February 2015
£470,000
+37.2%over 3 years31 May 2011
£342,500
+29.2%over 5 years10 June 2005
£265,000
+35.9%over 4 years26 October 2000
£195,000
+93.1%over 4 years27 September 1996
£101,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3AU: £585,000 (2025–2024).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
AL1 3NU
Closest school
0.4 km
Loreto College. 36 schools nearby.