20 Clifton Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3RY). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include a basement. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£677/sq ft) was about 65.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £925,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
20 Clifton Street ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Sycamore located in the garden of churchyard cottages that has high branches growing into 20 Clifton Street. The proposed tree work is to cut back all the branches back to the border
Latest sale on 20 Clifton Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£895,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 10 years.
£925,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 10 years.
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On floor area, 20 Clifton Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,283
Street avg £6,549
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
Alban City School — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extensions, loft conversion with rooflights to rear and alterations to openings (resubmission following planning permission 5/2012/1456 dated 01/08/2012)
Full planning data for 20 Clifton Street, St Albans, AL1 3RY
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1 September 2022Most recent
£925,000
+8.3%over 4 years22 September 2017
£854,000
+105.8%over 5 years7 June 2012
£415,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3RY: £675,560 (2025–2023).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
AL1 3RY
Closest school
0.1 km
Alban City School. 35 schools nearby.