1 Alban Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5DN). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in October 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£542/sq ft) was about 97.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Birch T1 next to access - reduce height of overhanging crown dripline over access by 6m. Reason - to allow passage of construction traffic past tree.
Latest sale on 1 Alban Court was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 25 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 25 years.
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On epc rating, 1 Alban Court runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,833
Street avg £4,316
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 45 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Oakdene Way — bus stop.
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Full planning data for 1 Alban Court, Burleigh Road, St Albans, AL1 5DN
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26 November 2021Most recent
£280,000
+16.7%over 4 years29 September 2017
£240,000
+77.8%over 13 years10 October 2003
£135,000
+114.3%over 4 years4 February 1999
£63,000
+37.0%over 2 years5 July 1996
£46,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5DN: £245,000 (2022–2018).
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Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 1.6 t/year
AL1 5DR
Closest school
0.4 km
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School. 32 schools nearby.