Casa Vasari, George Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8JX

Casa Vasari is a detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8JX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 92.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.