5 Beechwood Avenue, St Albans, AL1 4XP

5 Beechwood Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 4XP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1166 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £755,000 sits 66.7% above the 2011 sale of £453,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 14 years since the last transfer (December 2011). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.