Flat 8, 20 Lower Dagnall Street, St Albans, AL3 4PT

Flat 8 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 4PT). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£732/sq ft) was about 22.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.