The Old Exchange, Roestock Lane, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0PP
About The Old Exchange
The Old Exchange is a detached house in Colney Heath, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 0PP). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2000.
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Energy performance
The Old Exchange sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
1 application on record at The Old Exchange, Roestock Lane, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0PP
- Aug 2000FullOutcome in report
Front and rear dormer windows
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 5/2000/1218
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Sales history & valuation
The Old Exchange has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 0PP: £600,000 (2025–2013).
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Versus other Roestock Lane homes
On epc rating, The Old Exchange runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 77 (C)
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 140 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Roestock Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School. 8 schools nearby.
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