# 1 bedroom apartment for sale (SG6 4QF)

## Property Details

| Key | Value |
|-----|-------|
| Address | 64 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE SG6 4QF |
| Price | £130,000 |
| Bedrooms | 1 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Council tax | A |
| Last sold | £130,000 Feb 2026 |

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** B
- **Potential rating:** B
- **Expiry date:** 31/07/2029
- **Current heating cost:** £122/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £500

### Recommendations
- L2 (£400 - £600)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/0648-2899-6883-9201-7721)

## Description

CHAIN FREE......This first floor apartment offers a lounge, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The property is within easy walking distance to Letchworth Town Centre and Mainline train station. There is plenty of parking and this property is ideal for a first time buyer or buy to let investor.

Letchworth Garden City is home to the UK`s First Roundabout and is the original  Garden City` offering residents the best of town and country living.  The Town Centre is easily accessible boasting a wide variety of civic and recreational amenities, along with a good range of shopping facilities.  There is excellent local schooling, and for commuters there is a mainline train station which connects to London Kings Cross, and excellent links to major roads particularly the A1M.

Any details given are based solely on information given by our vendor.

**Notice**

Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.

## Property Photos

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## Floorplans

- ![Floorplan 1](/listings/photos/166016711/710911) - Floorplan 1

## EPC Graphs

- ![EPC 1](/listings/photos/166016711/710913) - EPC 1

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 1 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #7732559
- **Address:** 64 Marmet Avenue, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4QF
- **Certificate Issued:** 25/10/2010
- **Work Completed:** 07/10/2010
- **Items:** 3 window(s)

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 64 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £130,000 | 06/02/2026 | Flat |
| 64 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £95,000 | 04/09/2009 | Flat |
| 64 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £41,000 | 23/06/2000 | Flat |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 82 CHAGNY CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4BY | £150,000 | 12/02/2025 | Flat |
| [Same street] 78 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £185,000 | 30/08/2023 | Flat |
| [Same street] 66 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £200,000 | 10/05/2023 | Flat |
| 21 ICKNIELD GREEN, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4DL | £245,000 | 11/04/2023 | Flat |
| [Same street] 114 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £175,000 | 31/03/2023 | Flat |
| [Same street] 86 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £209,000 | 02/12/2022 | Flat |
| [Same street] 93 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £155,000 | 25/11/2022 | Flat |
| 26 HORACE GAY GARDENS, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XP | £190,000 | 14/09/2022 | Flat |
| 3 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QE | £140,000 | 11/07/2022 | Flat |
| 39 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QE | £165,000 | 01/06/2022 | Flat |
| [Same street] 80 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £175,000 | 27/05/2022 | Flat |
| 20 HORACE GAY GARDENS, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XP | £185,000 | 12/05/2022 | Flat |
| 20 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QE | £241,000 | 29/04/2022 | Flat |
| 12 ICKNIELD GREEN, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4DL | £255,000 | 29/04/2022 | Flat |
| [Same street] 77 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £188,000 | 07/04/2022 | Flat |
| 39 ROSEMONT CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XR | £160,000 | 31/03/2022 | Flat |
| 56 CHAGNY CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4BY | £160,000 | 04/03/2022 | Flat |
| 38 ROSEMONT CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XR | £172,500 | 27/01/2022 | Flat |
| 10 ROSEMONT CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XR | £170,000 | 22/12/2021 | Flat |
| [Same street] 119 MARMET AVENUE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4QF | £356,000 | 07/12/2021 | Terraced |
| 143 FLAT 9 ICKNIELD WAY, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4AD | £205,000 | 19/11/2021 | Flat |
| 2 ROSEMONT CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XR | £174,250 | 29/10/2021 | Flat |
| 143 FLAT 8 ICKNIELD WAY, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4AD | £215,000 | 28/10/2021 | Flat |
| 3 ROSEMONT CLOSE, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4XR | £145,000 | 08/10/2021 | Flat |
| 143 FLAT 6 ICKNIELD WAY, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 4AD | £228,000 | 08/10/2021 | Flat |

**Street average:** £205,375 (8 sales)
**Area average:** £188,279 (17 sales)

## Price vs local average

*Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).*

- **Local average:** £191,346 (13 Flat, SG6, 2024–2026)
- **Deviation:** -32.1%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (North Hertfordshire). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,279/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,421/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,563/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Stevenage & North Herts (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

- **LHA floor (this property size):** £773/mo

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 1 Bed Maisonette, Marmet Avenue, SG6 | £1,000/mo | 1 | 0.04 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Marmet Avenue, SG6 | £1,350/mo | 1 | 0.04 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Chagny Close, SG6 | £1,000/mo | 1 | 0.06 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Maisonette, Horace Gay Gardens, SG6 | £1,095/mo | 1 | 0.17 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Rosemont Close, SG6 | £1,000/mo | 1 | 0.17 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Summers Lodge, SG6 | £950/mo | 1 | 0.23 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Summers Lodge, SG6 | £1,025/mo | 1 | 0.23 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Eastcheap, SG6 | £1,100/mo | 1 | 0.29 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Eastcheap, SG6 | £1,250/mo | 1 | 0.29 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Maisonette, Monklands, SG6 | £930/mo | 1 | 0.52 miles | OpenRent |
| 1 Bed Flat, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 | £1,350/mo | 1 | 0.78 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £1,095/mo (11 listings)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.79% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £128,125
- **Target investor price (1%):** £102,500

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £1,025/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 9.5%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 10.6×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £386/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 12.3%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Price per Square Metre

- **£/m²:** £6,190/m²

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 11.5%
- **10y growth:** 11.5%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for North Hertfordshire; Flats and maisonettes series; as of March 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** -4.5%
- **5y growth (index):** 2.4%
- **10y growth (index):** 14.9%

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

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