45 Bedford Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 3BH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 68), 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, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). At 93 m² this is the 14th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 21 units on file.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 18.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £470,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 93 m² it's 29.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 20 EPCs).
No planning applications are recorded against 45 Bedford Road, St Albans, AL1 3BH. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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45 Bedford Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£481,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 17 years.
£470,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 17 years.
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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
More low energy lighting installed
24 June 2021Most recent
£470,000
+40.3%over 7 years30 April 2014
£335,000
+13.6%over 2 years16 May 2011
£295,000
+47.5%over 6 years18 November 2004
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3BH: £610,000 (2024–2021).
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AL1 3BH
Closest school
0.4 km
Loreto College. 36 schools nearby.