78 The Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8PS

78 The Hill is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wheathampstead, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 8PS). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since December 2000 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £629,000 sits 231.5% above the 2000 sale of £189,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 48.4% below the postcode norm.