Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Cheverells House is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8BH). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1605 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £700,000 sits 79.5% above the 2003 sale of £390,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 25.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
3 Cheverells House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2021
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 February 2021
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3 Cheverells House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£700,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£390,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
19 March 2003Most recent
£390,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 8BH: £450,000 (2026–2021).
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Sold Apr 2026
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Sold Oct 2023
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Sold Jul 2022
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Sold May 2021
9 Cheverells House, Cheverells Green, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8BH
Sold Aug 2018
On price per m², 3 Cheverells House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,615
Street avg £4,849
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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Crime
170/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Parkfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Markyate Village School and Nursery. 4 schools nearby.
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