8 Art School Yard, Victoria Street, St Albans, AL1 3YS

8 Art School Yard is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 3YS). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity. At 43 m² this is the 6th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–62 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 16 units on file.

Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£579/sq ft) was about 79.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 15 EPCs). Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £268,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.