1 The Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 0QG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since August 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Milton Keynes HPI: 15.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 sits 63.1% above the 2004 sale of £236,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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1 The Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jun 2025
Extension: Single storey
Householder application for removal of garden shed. Erection of garden studio, garage and single storey side extension.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.9% per year over 8 years.
£236,000
Growth on file: 15.9% per year over 8 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
CO₂ Emissions for 1 The Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,484
Street avg £2,672
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What's in 1 The Close, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
24 August 2004Most recent
£236,000
+237.1%over 8 years3 June 1996
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK17 0QG: £320,000 (2025–2019).
8 The Close Great Horwood Milton Keynes
Sold Nov 2025
5 The Close Great Horwood Milton Keynes
Sold Apr 2024
13 The Close Great Horwood Milton Keynes
Sold Aug 2023
7 The Close Great Horwood Milton Keynes
Sold Jan 2021
16 The Close Great Horwood Milton Keynes
Sold Jul 2019

CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
MK17 0AG
Townsend Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Great Horwood Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB