147 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DN

147 Verulam Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL3 4DN). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £870,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£633/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £750,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.