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21 Charmouth Road, St Albans, AL1 4RS

4 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
123 m²
1324 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 42
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 21 Charmouth Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

21 Charmouth Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4RS). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 123 m² it's 19.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£989/sq ft) was about 219.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £1,310,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes
  • EnsuiteYes
  • StudyYes

Outside

  • Private gardenWest-facing
  • ParkingOff street
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

21 Charmouth Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Nov 2023

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Early 20th centurySemi-Detached HouseEPC ESolid (non-cavity) walls

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 21 Charmouth Road, St Albans, AL1 4RS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

21 Charmouth Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.

4 applications on record at 21 Charmouth Road, St Albans, AL1 4RS

4decisions4extensions23documents1nearby
  1. Oct 2005
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey · Side of property

    Single storey side extension

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    5/2005/1688
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. Loft ConversionDecision
  4. ExtensionDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 21 Charmouth Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£1,412,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 7 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£1,310,000

Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 27 October 2022Most recent

    £1,310,000

    +56.4%over 7 years
  2. 27 May 2015

    £837,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 4RS: £1,239,500 (2024–2016).

On the street

Versus other Charmouth Road homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 21 Charmouth Road runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£10,650

Street avg £6,207

Strongly above

Floor Area

123 m²

Street avg 150 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

8.2 t/year

Street avg 6.0 t/year

Strongly below
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the St Albans district page.

Crime

5/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Blenheim Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School. 35 schools nearby.

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