14a, Bernard Street, St Albans, AL3 5QW

14a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 449 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 42 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (42–202 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 65.2% above the 2010 sale of £198,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).