5 Heron Close, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8JZ

5 Heron Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wheathampstead, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 8JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).

At 78 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £485,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.