Flat 3, 20 Lower Dagnall Street, St Albans, AL3 4PT

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom property in St Albans (AL3 4PT). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft). At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (34–80 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£861/sq ft) was about 45.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.