1 Ardens Way, St Albans, AL4 9UW
About 1 Ardens Way
1 Ardens Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL4 9UW). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,076,000 is 15.7% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £930,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- ParkingOff street
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
1 Ardens Way's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 Ardens Way, St Albans, AL4 9UW
- Oct 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey front extensions and first floor rear extension incorporating two rear dormers
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 5/2002/1392
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,076,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£930,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 January 2021Most recent
£930,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 9UW: £799,950 (2025–2017).
Versus other Ardens Way homes
CO₂ Emissions for 1 Ardens Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,849
Street avg £6,674
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Fernleys — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 27 schools nearby.
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