8 Bernard Street, St Albans, AL3 5QW

8 Bernard Street is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Albans (AL3 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,328,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 33.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,175,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.