7 Breakspear Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 5EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£886/sq ft) was about 95.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 10 EPCs). Last sale on file: £830,000 in February 2024. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension. New side elevation window. Alterations to patio and new fencing. Internal alterations.
Price for 7 Breakspear Avenue has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£836,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 27 years.
£830,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 27 years.
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Price per m² for 7 Breakspear Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£9,540
Street avg £6,722
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 7 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
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29 February 2024Most recent
£830,000
+7.1%over 4 years29 November 2019
£775,000
+275.3%over 18 years20 June 2001
£206,500
+46.5%over 3 years25 June 1997
£141,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5EJ: £890,000 (2024–2019).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
AL1 5SA
Closest school
0.2 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.