5 Buckingham Court, Lemsford Road, St Albans, AL1 3HP

5 Buckingham Court is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 3HP). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. At 57 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–57 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

Last sale on file: £360,000 in August 2021. Across the public record there are 7 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. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 57 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£587/sq ft) was about 159.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.