4 Bell View, St Albans, AL4 0SQ

4 Bell View is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL4 0SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1999–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £611,000 sits 100.3% above the 2008 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 22% above the typical sold price in the postcode.