Forum House
St Albans, St Albans
One-bedroom apartments in St Albans, a minute from the Abbey Line
About this development
Forum House by Lanning Kuzdenyi & Partners is the conversion of a former office building on Everard Close into 63 apartments, almost all one-bedroom, with a handful of lower-ground homes opening onto private courtyards. Each apartment has 2.5m ceilings and large windows, Karndean herringbone flooring, a matt handleless kitchen with Bosch appliances and quartz worktops, marble-effect porcelain bathrooms, smart heating and lighting, an air source heat pump and pre-wired gigabit-fibre broadband. Residents share a lobby, lounge, work-from-home area and games room, with two lifts, a secure bicycle store and private secure parking available separately. Every home is rated EPC C or better and comes with a 10-year ICW warranty. For investors, estimated AST rents of £1,500 to £1,650 a month point to gross yields of around 6.2% to 6.8%, and short lets in the city have been achieving £110 to £150 a night. The payment structure is 10% on exchange with the balance on completion, anticipated Q1 2027. The building is share of freehold with a peppercorn ground rent, and the estimated service charge for a one-bedroom apartment is around £1,351 a year.
Key features
- One-bedroom apartments from £293,500
- Off-plan, completion anticipated Q1 2027
- 10% on exchange, balance on completion
- Estimated gross AST yields of 6.2% to 6.8%
- Lower-ground homes with private courtyards
- Lounge, work-from-home area and games room
- Private secure parking available separately
- One minute's walk to St Albans Abbey station
Prices by bedroom
Each bedroom count has its own page with dedicated pricing, floor plans and availability details.
Prices indicative and subject to availability. Contact us for the latest plot-level pricing.
Where you'll be
Nearest stations
About the area
St Albans combines a historic cathedral city centre with an 18-minute Thameslink run into St Pancras, and values have risen by around 70% over the past decade on the back of London overspill, local affluence and a steady undersupply of new-build stock. Abbey View Retail Park is four minutes on foot and the high street, with more than 120 places to eat and drink, around ten. The wider area is seeing significant investment: London Luton Airport has approval to expand, with up to 11,000 new jobs expected; Sky Studios Elstree is growing to 22 stages and more than 2,000 jobs; the University of Hertfordshire is adding the 160,000 sq ft Spectra building; and Hatfield and Watford are both regenerating their town centres, alongside St Albans' own £64m Jubilee Square scheme.
Schools
St Adrian RC Primary and Mandeville Primary are both within a short walk, with The Abbey CofE Primary close to the city centre. Secondary options include The Marlborough Science Academy, Samuel Ryder Academy and Verulam School, and the St Albans district has 42 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted, including the historic St Albans School.