5 Chime Square, St Albans, AL3 5JZ

5 Chime Square is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 5JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 137 m² this is the 29th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–149 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 33 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor.

It hasn't traded since January 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 sits 189.6% above the 2000 sale of £219,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£149/sq ft) was about 49.7% below the postcode norm.