39 Harlesden Road, St Albans, AL1 4LE

39 Harlesden Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4LE). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,162,000 is 10.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£649/sq ft) was about 70.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £1,054,175. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.