Culver Lodge, Flat 3, Culver Road, St Albans, AL1 4EB

Culver Lodge is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4EB). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. At 33 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Culver Lodge (33–92 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 8 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average 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 lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in April 2006. Across 2000–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 74.2% above the 2006 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 16.2% below the postcode norm. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 47 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).