The Mews, 2, 29 Culver Road, St Albans, AL1 4EB

The Mews is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 4EB). It has a recorded floor area of 28 m² (around 299 sq ft). The latest certificate (November 2009) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 77.9% above the 2007 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£652/sq ft) was about 68.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 28 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 47 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.