Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Saddlers Mews is a two-bedroom detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8NY). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 71 m² this is the 10th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 71 m² it's 18.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 July 2027
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7 Saddlers Mews has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Latest sale on 7 Saddlers Mews was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£248,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 25 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 25 years.
26 May 2022Most recent
£270,000
+13.0%over 4 years31 January 2018
£239,000
+38.2%over 7 years9 September 2010
£173,000
+8.8%over 3 years3 April 2007
£159,000
+25.2%over 4 years8 October 2002
£127,000
+119.0%over 5 years23 January 1997
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL3 8NY: £235,000 (2025–2018).
5 Saddlers Mews, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NY
Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Mar 2022
9 Saddlers Mews, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NY
Sold Nov 2020
2 Saddlers Mews, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NY
Sold Jan 2018
8 Saddlers Mews, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8NY
Sold Jul 2017
7 Saddlers Mews outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,803
Street avg £3,335
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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Crime
170/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Long Meadow — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Markyate Village School and Nursery. 4 schools nearby.
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