2 Grange Close, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8PU

2 Grange Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8PU). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in March 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £687,000 sits 816% above the 1996 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 81.7% below the postcode norm.