24e, Four Limes, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8JN

24e is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wheathampstead, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 8JN). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 48 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 48 units on file.

It hasn't traded since April 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £154,000 sits 208% above the 1997 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 62.4% below the postcode norm. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.