13 Albion Road, St Albans, AL1 5EB

13 Albion Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5EB). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£804/sq ft) was about 163.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £580,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.