39 Bedford Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3BH). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £805,000 is 27.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £630,000. 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 2023.
39 Bedford Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Part demolition of existing rear extension and construction of a wider single storey rear extension with rooflight
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£805,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 19 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 19 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 39 Bedford Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £5,924
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
Telford Court — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Full planning data for 39 Bedford Road, St Albans, AL1 3BH
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7 January 2022Most recent
£630,000
+48.2%over 13 years2 May 2008
£425,000
+30.8%over 5 years25 November 2002
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3BH: £552,500 (2024–2021).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
AL1 3PH
Closest school
0.4 km
Loreto College. 36 schools nearby.