3 Alban Avenue, St Albans, AL3 5SX
About 3 Alban Avenue
3 Alban Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL3 5SX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1139 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since January 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £632,000 sits 94.5% above the 2011 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 22.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
3 Alban Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Oct 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 3 Alban Avenue, St Albans, AL3 5SX
- Jul 2015ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey front and rear extension and two storey side extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2015/1390
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Sales history & valuation
3 Alban Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£632,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£325,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 January 2011Most recent
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 5SX: £331,000 (2013–2005).
Nearby sales in AL3 5SX
Versus other Alban Avenue homes
EPC Rating for 3 Alban Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,072
Street avg £3,257
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hospital — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School. 32 schools nearby.
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