23 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
About 23 Old Watling Street
23 Old Watling Street is a detached house in Flamstead, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8HL). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 99 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 38.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 63.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £390,000 in June 2019.
Energy performance
23 Old Watling Street 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Aug 2024
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Planning history
1 application on record at 23 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
- Jun 2021Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
New Porch. Removal of existing roof - new roof and creation of loft rooms. Side dormer windows.
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01444/FHA
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Sales history & valuation
23 Old Watling Street saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£539,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 5 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
12 June 2019Most recent
£390,000
+57.9%over 4 years13 October 2014
£247,000
-16.3%13 October 2014
£295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 8HL: £510,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in AL3 8HL
12 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
Sold Dec 2020
£550,00010 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
Sold Sept 2020
£465,00024 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
Sold Apr 2018
£605,0008 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
Sold Aug 2016
£510,00021 Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL
Sold Jan 2016
£430,000
Versus other Old Watling Street homes
23 Old Watling Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,939
Street avg £3,055
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Holiday Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Flamstead Village School. 3 schools nearby.
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