3 Blacksmiths Row, High Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NZ

3 Blacksmiths Row is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in October 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £358,000 sits 105.7% above the 2009 sale of £174,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 39.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2014. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.