Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£731,000
Newest record on this page: March 2024. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£731,000
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The estimate for 19 Breakspear Avenue is modelled from its 89 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in AL1 5EJ. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
89 m² from the EPC lodged in August 2010
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2003
Recent sales in AL1 5EJ
5 sales, median £870,000 (2024–2020)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: March 2024 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 application | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
19 Breakspear Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
24 April 2003Most recent
£310,000
+210.0%over 7 years29 June 1995
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5EJ: £870,000 (2024–2020).
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19 Breakspear Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 5EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 962 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 89 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £731,000 sits 135.8% above the 2003 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 33.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
19 Breakspear Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Aug 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 2 August 2020
19 Breakspear Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 19 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Notification - Single storey rear extension 4m in height x 5m in depth with 2.536m height to the eaves
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19 Breakspear Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,469
Street avg £7,481
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
283/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Vanda Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.
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