34 Alma Road is a five-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 287 m² (around 3089 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in March 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 16.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,571,000 sits 76.5% above the 2008 sale of £890,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 287 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
34 Alma Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Non Material Amendment - Alterations to openings and omission of rear extension of planning permission 5/2011/0024 dated 01/03/2011 for single storey front and side extension and single storey side and rear extension
34 Alma Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£1,571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.4% per year over 13 years.
£890,000
Growth on file: 16.4% per year over 13 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
0.0 km
Telford Court — bus stop.
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Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey front and side extension and single storey side and rear extension
Full planning data for 34 Alma Road, St Albans, AL1 3BW
2 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
22 March 2008Most recent
£890,000
+87.4%over 6 years4 May 2001
£475,000
+97.9%over 5 years24 November 1995
£240,000
+92.0%over 7 months13 April 1995
£125,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in AL1 3BW: £380,500 (2013–1995).
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AL1 3PH
Closest school
0.4 km
St Peter's School. 37 schools nearby.