23 Blandford Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4JP). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,063,000 is 13.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£657/sq ft) was about 118.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Sold December 2019 for £940,000.
23 Blandford Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey rear and side extension with rooflight
Price for 23 Blandford Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£1,063,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 24 years.
£940,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 24 years.
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23 Blandford Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£7,068
Street avg £4,655
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cemetery — bus stop.
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Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Part of the existing roof will be demolished and dormer/s will be built
Full planning data for 23 Blandford Road, St Albans, AL1 4JP
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4 December 2019Most recent
£940,000
+683.3%over 24 years23 August 1995
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 4JP: £950,000 (2024–2007).
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CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
AL1 4SZ
Closest school
0.3 km
Verulam School. 36 schools nearby.