34 Blandford Road, St Albans, AL1 4JR
About 34 Blandford Road
34 Blandford Road is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4JR). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
34 Blandford Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 May 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 20 May 2025
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Planning history
34 Blandford Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
34 Blandford Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£990,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 4JR: £1,035,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in AL1 4JR
Versus other Blandford Road homes
EPC Rating for 34 Blandford Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 137 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Cemetery — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Verulam School. 36 schools nearby.
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