Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Melrose House is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 3QU). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in December 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £991,000 is 20.1% above the 2016 sale price.
Melrose House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Mar 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 24 March 2025
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An application for tree works is currently awaiting a decision.
8 applications on record at Melrose House, St Johns Road, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, HG3 3QU
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Melrose House has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£991,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 20 years.
£825,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 20 years.
22 December 2016Most recent
£825,000
+75.2%over 13 years19 August 2003
£471,000
+96.3%over 6 years12 December 1996
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG3 3QU: £440,000 (2026–2022).
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Sold Jun 2026
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Sold Mar 2026
Belmont House, St Johns Road, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, HG3 3QU
Sold Nov 2023
Kirkdene, St Johns Road, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, HG3 3QU
Sold Jul 2023
Beck Cottage, St Johns Road, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, HG3 3QU
Sold Sept 2022
On floor area, Melrose House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,056
Street avg £3,355
Floor Area
270 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
81/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Johns Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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