165 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DW
About 165 Verulam Road
165 Verulam Road is a detached house in St Albans (AL3 4DW). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (127 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
165 Verulam Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Aug 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
165 Verulam Road has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
3 applications on record at 165 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DW
- Oct 2011HeritageOutcome in report
Listed Building Consent - Brick buttress supports to garden wall
Listed- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2011/2179
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJan 2016Decision
- FullDec 2011Decision
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Sales history & valuation
165 Verulam Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,368,000
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, 165 Verulam Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 154 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 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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