19a, Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DG

19a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 4DG). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Held since February 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (31 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 sits 607.7% above the 1995 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 75.6% below the postcode norm.