AL4 8JN
Last sold £55,000 in May 1997
5, St. Albans
- Property type
- Flat
- Tenure
- Leasehold
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Price history in context
- May 1997 — £55,000
What this home might be worth today
£260,000
Estimate range £247,000–£273,000
+372.6% since May 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 30 nearby sales within a year · flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery 387m
- St Helen's Church of England Primary School 149m
- Harpenden station 4.1km
- Piggotshill Wood 2.2km
- The coast (coastline) 35.6km
- Lake 561m
- Pond 397m
- Goldings Canal 13.5km
- River Lea 401m
- Public Park 229m
- Play Area 155m
- Tesco Express 339m
- St Helen's School (Opp) 106m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 88.7% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 88.7% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Harpenden, 4.1km away
- 26 min London
- 81 min Cambridge
- 97 min Oxford
- 104 min Brighton
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Planning
- In the Wheathampstead conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 128 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 45, Flat, Four Limes, St. Albans £55,000 · 1995
- 23, Flat, Four Limes, St. Albans £59,950 · 1997
- 24e, Four Limes, St Albans £50,000 · 1997
- 17, St. Albans £67,500 · 1997
- 32, St. Albans £59,000 · 1998
- 29, St. Albans £55,000 · 1998
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Listed building Consent - Install a 20cm x 20cm bathroom extractor fan grille on the… Mar 2026 source
- Conditions Cherry - Reduce crown by 25% or just above previous pruning points. -Thin crown by 25%.… Dec 2025 source
- Permitted Reduce Copper Beech by approx 2-3m. The mature tree has ganodermas, cavities and a weak… Nov 2025 source
- Conditions Proposed new porch and single storey side extension Feb 2026 source
- Undecided Certificate of Lawfulness (propposed) - Loft conversion with front and rear rooflights Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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