222a, 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), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. 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.

Held since August 2008 — that's 18 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 (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). Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 19.3% above the 2008 sale price.