13 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
About 13 Art School Yard
13 Art School Yard is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3YS). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in June 1996. 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 £381,000 sits 359% above the 1996 sale of £83,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 61.9% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
13 Art School Yard's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 22 June 2024
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Planning history
13 Art School Yard has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
13 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
13 Art School Yard's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£83,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 June 1996Most recent
£83,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 3YS: £268,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in AL1 3YS
4 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
Sold Dec 2025
£125,00012 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
Sold Jan 2025
£335,0007 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
Sold Oct 2024
£265,0008 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
Sold Jan 2022
£268,00017 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS
Sold Jun 2021
£260,000
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
283/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Police Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School. 35 schools nearby.
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