25 Castle Road, St Albans, AL1 5DQ

25 Castle Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since May 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £721,000 sits 346.4% above the 2000 sale of £161,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 62.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.