1 Grimsdyke Lodge, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LR

1 Grimsdyke Lodge is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 4LR). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 32 m² this is the 6th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–33 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 495.8% above the 1996 sale of £33,400. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 59% below the postcode norm. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.