55 Hemel Hempstead Road, Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7NL

55 Hemel Hempstead Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Redbourn, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 7NL). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,115,000 is 12.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 51.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 3 refused. Last sale on file: £990,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.