23 Cavendish Road, St Albans, AL1 5EF
About 23 Cavendish Road
23 Cavendish Road is a mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5EF). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
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. At 65 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 32 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £574,000 is 22.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£671/sq ft) was about 94.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £469,500.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
2 applications on record at 23 Cavendish Road, St Albans, AL1 5EF
- Oct 2021ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension with rooflights
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2021/2476
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionOct 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
23 Cavendish Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£574,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 1 year.
£469,500
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
15 October 2020Most recent
£469,500
+3.2%28 July 2020
£455,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5EF: £675,000 (2025–2025).
Nearby sales in AL1 5EF
Versus other Cavendish Road homes
Floor Area for 23 Cavendish Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,223
Street avg £6,293
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Crown PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.
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