16 Flax Mews, High Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NX

16 Flax Mews is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8NX). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 5th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–47 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 15 units on file.

Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 70.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.