49 Midway, St Albans, AL3 4BB

49 Midway is a three-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL3 4BB). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2023 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2025) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in September 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,745,000 sits 74.5% above the 2022 sale of £1,000,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 30.9% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2022 for £1,000,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.