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

6 Buckingham Court is a two-bedroom 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 bottom. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 sits 428.3% above the 1995 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 72.9% below the postcode norm. 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).