23 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
About 23 Breakspear Avenue
23 Breakspear Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 5EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 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. Today's modelled estimate of £1,075,000 is 12.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£612/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (February 2017).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
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Energy performance
23 Breakspear Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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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 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
- Nov 2015Loft ConversionOutlineOutcome in report
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Loft conversion with rear dormer window
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2015/2878
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJan 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
23 Breakspear Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,075,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£955,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 February 2017Most recent
£955,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5EJ: £870,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in AL1 5EJ
13 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Sold Mar 2024
£915,0007 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Sold Feb 2024
£830,0001 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Sold Oct 2023
£1,000,0005 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Sold Sept 2020
£870,00025 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
Sold Feb 2019
£890,000
Versus other Breakspear Avenue homes
Floor Area for 23 Breakspear Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,586
Street avg £7,092
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.2 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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