222a, Flat 2, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW

222a is a detached house in St Albans (AL1 4LW). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2020); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 57.1% below the 2017 sale of £625,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Last sold in July 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.