159a, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LB

159a is a detached house in St Albans (AL1 4LB). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft). The latest certificate (August 2019) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).

Held since June 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. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £751,000 sits 105.8% above the 2007 sale of £365,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 51.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.