2 Ashley Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 5DA). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £733,000 is 22.2% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£526/sq ft) was about 35.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £600,000 in September 2020.
2 Ashley Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 May 2026
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed conversion of loft to habitable space including hip to gable extension, rear dormer, two rooflights to front roofslope and insertion of window to flank wall
2 Ashley Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£733,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 25 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 25 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 2 Ashley Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,660
Street avg £5,566
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oakdene Way — bus stop.
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Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension
Full planning data for 2 Ashley Road, St Albans, AL1 5DA
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25 September 2020Most recent
£600,000
+757.1%over 24 years31 January 1996
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5DA: £690,000 (2024–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
AL1 5SA
Closest school
0.5 km
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School. 31 schools nearby.