Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
28 Bullens Green Lane is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Colney Heath, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 0QS). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 74 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £948,000 is 22.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£973/sq ft) was about 232.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £774,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 December 2026
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28 Bullens Green Lane has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
2 applications on record at 28 Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0QS
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension measuring 6m in depth, 3.6m in height and 2.45m to the eaves
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Latest sale on 28 Bullens Green Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£948,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.6% per year over 4 years.
£774,950
Growth on file: 13.6% per year over 4 years.
29 September 2021Most recent
£774,950
+53.5%over 3 years3 November 2017
£505,000
+14.8%over 6 months23 April 2017
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 0QS: £545,000 (2024–2021).
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On price per m², 28 Bullens Green Lane stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£10,472
Street avg £4,681
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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113/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Roestock Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School. 9 schools nearby.
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