8 Beech Bottom, St Albans, AL3 5LP

8 Beech Bottom is a detached house in St Albans (AL3 5LP). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2025) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating.

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,159,000 sits 256.6% above the 1999 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 39.5% below the postcode norm. At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.