39 Bedford Road, St Albans, AL1 3BH

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.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. 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. 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.