Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
8a is a detached house in Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 0QW). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since March 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 155.9% above the 2002 sale of £170,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 38.4% below the postcode norm. At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
8a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 27 March 2027
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8a has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£170,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
22 March 2002Most recent
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK17 0QW: £630,000 (2025–2024).
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Sold Sept 2025
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Sold Aug 2025
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Sold Jun 2025
8 Spring Lane, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QW
Sold May 2024
30 Spring Lane, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0QW
Sold Mar 2024
Years Held for 8a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,771
Street avg £2,779
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
126/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Spring Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Great Horwood Church of England School. 3 schools nearby.
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