21 Wheat Close, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9NN

21 Wheat Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Sandridge, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 9NN). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £580,000 sits 143.7% above the 2005 sale of £238,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 32.6% below the postcode norm.