3 Knights Orchard, Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DJ

3 Knights Orchard is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 4DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 54 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–103 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 63).

It hasn't traded since June 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £611,000 is 28.6% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£817/sq ft) was about 113.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.