AL5 4LD
Last sold £982,500 in March 2025
3, Rye Close, Harpenden
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,077 sq ft / 193 sq m
- Plot area
- about 5,400 sq ft / 500 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 106m — higher than about 20% of homes in Harpenden
This home isn't on the market right now
Leave your email and we'll tell you if it comes back on.
Want to know if this comes up again?
We'll email you if this home comes back on the market — or if something like it comes up near here. Nothing else, and we stop after two years.
We'll send one email to confirm it's you. If an agent on rielty lists it, they'll be told you were waiting. How we handle your details.
Price history in context
- Mar 2025 — £982,500 · +207.0% · 137 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 2012 — £320,000 · +28.0% · 31 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 2008 — £249,950
What this home might be worth today
£990,000
Estimate range £941,000–£1,040,000
+0.8% since March 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 15 nearby sales within a year · 7-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Sir John Lawes School 861m
- The Lea Primary School and Nursery 147m
- Harpenden station 1.6km
- Westfield Wood 332m
- The coast (coastline) 38.3km
- Lake 2.9km
- Pond 1.2km
- Canal 12.8km
- River Lea 268m
- Batford Springs Local Nature Reserve 840m
- Westfield Recreation Ground 169m
- Tesco Express 1.2km
- Beeching Close (Opp) 127m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Harpenden, 1.6km away
- 26 min London
- 81 min Cambridge
- 97 min Oxford
- 104 min Brighton
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
-
3 St George's School · Secondary · Christian 0.5 miles State Attainment 8: 64.2 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,610 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 5% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 108 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 4, Rye Close, Harpenden £730,000 · 2023
- 6, Rye Close, Harpenden £415,000 · 2012
- 10, Rye Close, Harpenden £327,500 · 2007
- 1, Rye Close, Harpenden £389,499 · 2007
- 2, Rye Close, Harpenden £250,000 · 2009
- 9, Rye Close, Harpenden £375,000 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Proposed dormers to front roof and removal of existing chimney Oct 2025 source
- Permitted Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - New rear roof dormer to replace two existing rear… Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Single storey front, side and rear extensions Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed dormer to front elevation Jan 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed loft conversion with new dormer and roof light Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
Want to know if this comes up again?
We'll email you if this home comes back on the market — or if something like it comes up near here. Nothing else, and we stop after two years.
We'll send one email to confirm it's you. If an agent on rielty lists it, they'll be told you were waiting. How we handle your details.