Willow Tree Farm, Pipers Lane, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8QG

Willow Tree Farm is a detached house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8QG). It has a recorded floor area of 349 m² (around 3757 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 349 m² the property is well over the postcode median (239 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,360,000 sits 424.2% above the 1995 sale of £259,467. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 76.9% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.