31 Barnfield Road, St Albans, AL4 9UF

31 Barnfield Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL4 9UF). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in April 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £720,000 sits 213% above the 2007 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£171/sq ft) was about 64.9% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.