Flat A, 25 Cambridge Road, St Albans, AL1 5LH

Flat A is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5LH). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 258 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 1998, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 sits 345.3% above the 1998 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 62.9% below the postcode norm.