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

14 Grimsdyke Lodge is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 4LR). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 31 m² this is the 2nd 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, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 172.9% above the 2001 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.