97 High Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8JG

97 High Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8JG). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2486 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64).

At 231 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £822,000 is 44.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 29.6% below the postcode norm. 12 years since the last transfer (June 2014).