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Get started5 Grant Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Harpenden (AL5 4QD). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,626,000 is 21.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£889/sq ft) was about 62.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 140 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (176 m² median across 7 EPCs). Last sale on file: £1,340,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
A recent planning application at 5 Grant Gardens was refused — worth checking the council file.
Non Material Amendment - Increase in depth of ground floor front windows by 150mm of planning permission 5/2022/0209 dated 27/05/2022 for Canopy porch and two front extension, alteration to openings and render to elevations and re-roofing to existing roof
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
5 Grant Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,571
Street avg £6,276
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 178 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cornwall Rd — bus stop.
Non Material Amendment - Increase in depth of ground floor front windows by 150mm of planning permission 5/2022/0209 dated 27/05/2022 for Canopy porch and two front extension, alteration to openings and render to elevations and re-roofing to existing roof
4 more applications for this property
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26 November 2021Most recent
£1,340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL5 4QD: £1,050,000 (2024–2012).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
AL5 4EP
Closest school
0.4 km
St George's School. 17 schools nearby.
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