161 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DW
About 161 Verulam Road
161 Verulam Road is a detached house in St Albans (AL3 4DW). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
161 Verulam Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Planning history at 161 Verulam Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
3 applications on record at 161 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DW
- Nov 2015Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Reduce crown of Sycamore in rear garden by up to 2m in from previous reduction points and thin by 50%
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- TP/2015/0501
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2020Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
161 Verulam Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,350,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 4DW: £517,000 (2022–1997).
Versus other Verulam Road homes
On epc rating, 161 Verulam Road stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 158 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Verulam Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans. 25 schools nearby.
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