35 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
About 35 Sleapcross Gardens
35 Sleapcross Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Smallford, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 0RX). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£603/sq ft) was about 133.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 35 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
- Apr 2022PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side of property
Single storey front porch and part single, part two storey side extension, alterations to openings
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2022/0328
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£547,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 March 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 0RX: £700,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in AL4 0RX
29 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
Sold Nov 2024
£447,50012 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
Sold Apr 2024
£685,0009 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
Sold Aug 2023
£800,00010 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
Sold Jul 2022
£800,0006 Sleapcross Gardens, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0RX
Sold Nov 2021
£700,000
Versus other Sleapcross Gardens homes
Price per m² for 35 Sleapcross Gardens runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,494
Street avg £3,775
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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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
Sleapshyde Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School. 12 schools nearby.
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