15 Cape Road, St Albans, AL1 5DJ

15 Cape Road is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold December 2022 for £360,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 is 35.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 26.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.