24 Blueberry Close, St Albans, AL3 6NH

24 Blueberry Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL3 6NH). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 sits 139.7% above the 2011 sale of £224,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm.