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Tower House, Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL

1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
139 m²
1496 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 41
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About Tower House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Tower House is a detached house in Flamstead, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8HL). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £677,000 sits 325.8% above the 1997 sale of £159,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 61.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Tower House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
10.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Tower House, Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at Tower House, Old Watling Street, Flamstead, St Albans, AL3 8HL

1decisions1extensions5documents
  1. Oct 2022
    Garage ConversionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    A garage conversion, single storey rear extension and new fenestrations.

    Extension
    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    22/02300/FHA
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Tower House's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).

Current estimate

£677,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (1997)

£159,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 16 July 1997Most recent

    £159,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 8HL: £510,000 (2020–2016).

On the street

Versus other Old Watling Street homes

Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², Tower House runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,144

Street avg £3,309

Strongly below

Floor Area

139 m²

Street avg 125 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

10.0 t/year

Street avg 6.5 t/year

Strongly below
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the St Albans district page.
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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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