40 Princess Diana Drive, St Albans, AL4 0DQ

40 Princess Diana Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in St Albans (AL4 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since May 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £907,000 sits 235.9% above the 2001 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 33.5% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.