5 Buttermere Close, St Albans, AL1 5TD

5 Buttermere Close is an end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL1 5TD). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).

At 57 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £290,000 in January 2023. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 54.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.