5 High Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8PF

5 High Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8PF). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (June 2023) 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 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

Last sale on file: £245,000 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 is 17.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 148.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.