34a, Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DE

34a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL3 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–139 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 6 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 is 23.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£512/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.