5 Charmouth Road, St Albans, AL1 4RS
About 5 Charmouth Road
5 Charmouth Road is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4RS). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
It hasn't traded since October 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,372,000 sits 136.6% above the 2006 sale of £580,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 174 m² it's 15.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (150 m² median across 10 EPCs).
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Planning history
5 Charmouth Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
7 applications on record at 5 Charmouth Road, St Albans, AL1 4RS
- Mar 2004ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Single storey rear extension and extension of garage
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2004/0369
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionJan 2025Decision
- OutlineOct 2024Decision
+ 4 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£1,372,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.8% per year over 9 years.
£580,000
Growth on file: 13.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
30 October 2006Most recent
£580,000
+42.5%over 2 years8 December 2003
£407,000
+33.4%over 2 years16 July 2001
£305,000
+69.4%over 3 years16 October 1997
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 4RS: £1,275,000 (2024–2016).
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Versus other Charmouth Road homes
On price per m², 5 Charmouth Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £6,938
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 144 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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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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