What kind of home is 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house, which has been extended.

What did 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS sell for?

4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS last sold for £215,000 in November 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 6 sales on record going back to £48,000 in April 1996. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

Across 6 sales between April 1996 and November 2022, 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS rose from £48,000 to £215,000, a change of £167,000. That works out to roughly +5.8% per year compounded over 27 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS have?

The current EPC rating for 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS is D with a score of 63 out of 100, lodged in May 2017. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (689 sq ft), around 32 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 25% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CA3 0NS. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS use?

The latest EPC at 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS is in council tax band C.

Which area is 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS in?

4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS sits in Houghton, Carlisle, Carlisle. It falls within the CA3 postcode district in Cumbria.

What is crime like near 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

Police records around 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 4 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 38% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS?

The closest primary school to 4 Smithy Croft, CA3 0NS is Houghton CofE School (206m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance.

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4 Smithy Croft, Houghton, Carlisle, CA3 0NS

6 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

64 m²

689 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 63

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 4 Smithy Croft

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

4 Smithy Croft is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Houghton, Carlisle, Carlisle (CA3 0NS). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 84.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 15 EPCs). Last sale on file: £215,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes

Building

Heating systemGas
Previously extendedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

D63

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

3.3 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Late 20th centurySemi-Detached BungalowEPC DExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 4 Smithy Croft, Houghton, Carlisle, CA3 0NS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

4 Smithy Croft has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for 4 Smithy Croft has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.

Current estimate

£226,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 27 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£215,000

Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 27 years.

Sales timeline

18 November 2022Most recent
£215,000
+25.7%over 5 years
28 September 2017
£171,000
+12.5%over 3 years
13 October 2013
£152,000
+5.6%over 1 year
23 August 2012
£144,000
-3.4%over 6 years
27 January 2006
£149,000
+210.4%over 9 years
18 April 1996
£48,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CA3 0NS: £168,000 (2024–2020).

Nearby sales in CA3 0NS

On the street

Versus other Smithy Croft homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², 4 Smithy Croft stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£3,359

Street avg £2,127

Strongly above

Floor Area

64 m²

Street avg 82 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

3.3 t/year

Street avg 3.7 t/year

Above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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1 Gelt Close

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

0.2 km

Houghton CofE School. 4 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CA3 0NS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

57.1dB

Moderate

Night-time road noise heatmap for CA3 0NS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

51.3dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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