24 The Leys, St Albans, AL4 9HD

24 The Leys is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in St Albans (AL4 9HD). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since June 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 £269,000 sits 367.8% above the 1997 sale of £57,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 54% below the postcode norm. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.