7 Bernard Street, St Albans, AL3 5QW

7 Bernard Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 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 £507,000 sits 439.4% above the 1997 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 63.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.