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

Flat B is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5LH). It has a recorded floor area of 21 m² (around 226 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 21 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. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in July 2014. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 is 31.3% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£566/sq ft) was about 39.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.