8 Brooklands Court, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3NS

8 Brooklands Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3NS). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–69 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 33 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 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 £255,000 sits 286.4% above the 1998 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm. At 43 m² it's 25.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 32 EPCs).