3 Ye Old House, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
About 3 Ye Old House
3 Ye Old House is an end-of-terrace house in Smallford, St. Albans, St Albans (AL4 0SE). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
7 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £560,000 is 34.3% above the 2023 sale price. Last sale on file: £417,000 in June 2023.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Ye Old House has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
7 applications on record at 3 Ye Old House, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
- Oct 2023ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey side and single storey rear extensions.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2023/2059
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2025Decision
- ExtensionJan 2025Decision
+ 4 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
3 Ye Old House has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 27 years.
£417,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
25 June 2023Most recent
£417,000
+92.2%over 22 years13 June 2001
£217,000
+44.7%over 2 years6 August 1998
£150,000
+42.9%over 2 years18 April 1996
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 0SE: £1,050,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in AL4 0SE
Sleapshyde Farm, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
Sold Jan 2025
£1,800,0001 Ye Old House, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
Sold Aug 2024
£677,000The Plough, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
Sold Oct 2021
£1,050,000Sunnybank, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
Sold Sept 2021
£790,000Ard Maca, Sleapshyde, Smallford, St Albans, AL4 0SE
Sold Sept 2020
£590,000
Versus other Sleapshyde homes
On habitable rooms, 3 Ye Old House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,582
Street avg £4,924
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Sleapshyde Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School. 12 schools nearby.
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