5 Barncroft Way is a six-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL1 5QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 369 m² (around 3972 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 369 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £1,485,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,883,000 is 26.8% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 27.5% below the postcode norm.
5 Barncroft Way sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
TPO 1612 T11 Cotoneaster in garden - Reduce back by max of 50%. Reason - overhangng the road - lack of light to property.
5 Barncroft Way valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,883,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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5 Barncroft Way is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£4,024
Street avg £6,679
Floor Area
369 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Park View Close — bus stop.
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Discharge of Condition 2 (method statement covering protection of trees) of planning permission 5/2014/2420 dated 17/10/2014 for the Demolition of 5m length of brick boundary wall and replacement with wooden fencing
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5 August 2025Most recent
£1,485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5QZ: £1,200,000 (2024–2020).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
24.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
AL1 5EJ
Closest school
0.2 km
Cunningham Hill Junior School. 36 schools nearby.