1 Arthur Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 4SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £772,000 is 14.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£709/sq ft) was about 102.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £672,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Arthur Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single, part two storey side and rear extension (resubmission following refusal of 5/2011/2789)
1 Arthur Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£772,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 25 years.
£672,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 25 years.
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On floor area, 1 Arthur Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,636
Street avg £6,361
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Morrisons — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single, part two storey side and rear extensions, loft conversion with rear dormer and alterations to openings (resubmission following refusal of 5/2011/1429)
Full planning data for 1 Arthur Road, St Albans, AL1 4SZ
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
1 April 2022Most recent
£672,000
+153.6%over 12 years12 March 2010
£265,000
+20.5%over 6 years18 July 2003
£220,000
+113.6%over 4 years27 May 1999
£103,000
+8.4%over 1 year18 September 1997
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 4SZ: £530,000 (2024–2023).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
AL1 4DS
Closest school
0.1 km
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School. 32 schools nearby.