17 Church Street, St Albans, AL3 5NG

17 Church Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL3 5NG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 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 £621,000 sits 396.8% above the 1997 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 60.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.