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157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans is described in the public record as a mid-century house with 957 ft2 of internal area.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans is £566,114 and its rental estimate is £2,469 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, AL1 falls within the AL1 postal district, in the borough of St. Albans.
157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans has no records in the the Land Registry and a single entry in the EPC database dated September 2020.
We combine this information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, we estimate a market value of £594,420 and a rental value of £2,592 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £526,486 and £2,296 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans has seen its estimated sale value increase by £1,831 (0.3%) and its estimated rental value grow by £97 per month (3.9%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 5.2%.
157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 24 Sep 2020.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans have sold within a radius of 880 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 1st August 2025, was 38, Nuns Lane, St. Albans, AL1 2HR, a freehold house which sold for £580,000.
Read more about house prices in AL1.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Over the past 2 years our Estate Agent network has recorded 1 let of a property comparable to 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, all within 880 metres.
The latest, in June 2023, was 18, Mile House Lane, St. Albans, AL1 1TB, a freehold house let by Collinson Hall.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 169 addresses on Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, AL1, 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans comes out as the 63rd largest and the 99th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £81k less expensive than the average property across the AL1 district.
From 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, the nearest station is St Albans Abbey, 1.2 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches ultrafast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, 38.5% of property is privately owned with a mortgage and 23.7% is socially rented.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, 25.4% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 47.1% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, the average age was 37.2 and the most common age was 42.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, 1.4% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 157, Cottonmill Lane, St. Albans, there are an average of 1.4 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.