Shrublands & Lowlands
Description
A remarkable opportunity to acquire a truly multi-generational property with extensive scope for further development.
Shrublands and Lowlands combined present a rare chance to either enhance the existing dwellings and outbuildings or to create a notable new country estate — a blank canvas on which to design and construct a home to your own exacting specification. The opportunities are vast, all subject to achieving the relevant planning permissions, and we recommend early consultation with architects to explore the possibilities.
Discreetly positioned at the end of a private drive and set within just under 10 acres of grounds, the estate currently comprises two dwellings together with an indoor swimming pool (unused), a superb cabin-style office/workshop, and a number of ancillary structures. Collectively, these provide an impressive square footage approaching 6,000 sq. ft., which bodes well for collaborative development.
On arrival, the sense of seclusion is immediate. Elevated views extend across the valley’s tree canopy, while the surrounding grounds include serene woodland, sweeping lawns, productive orchards, nature walks, ponds, and domestic gardens. This environment offers a rare connection to nature and tranquillity — a sanctuary for those seeking true escapism, yet in typical Jersey style, civilisation is within easy reach with St. Aubin and St. Helier both a mere five-minute drive away.
The principal dwelling (Shrublands) is arranged over two floors, with five bedrooms and a variety of reception spaces. Unusually, it incorporates the base of a traditional Jersey granite farmhouse beneath the existing bungalow structure, retaining original character features such as a substantial fireplace and exposed granite walls. The kitchen has been recently installed with quality appliances, while the bathrooms are equally modern and well appointed.
The secondary dwelling (Lowlands) provides entirely lateral living, with a welcoming hall opening to two bedrooms, a vast 30’11 x 18’5 sitting room, a sun room, and kitchen/utility spaces — all enjoying glorious views over the valley.
The pool house, though currently unused, represents a valuable opportunity for renovation or adaptation, whether as leisure space or to add to future accommodation. Meanwhile, the cabin-style office/workshop is in excellent condition and is currently a key hobby space for the owners.
Meandering paths lead throughout the estate, encouraging exploration of its varied landscapes: woodland, open clearings, water features, folly structures, and abundant wildlife all combine to create a unique and captivating ambience.
This is a property that must be experienced in person to fully appreciate its current charm and extraordinary potential.
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Price per square metre
£3,250,000 over 557.4 m² is £5,831 per m². Compared with other properties currently for sale that publish a floor area — the percentage is this property against that group's midpoint:
Floor area is parsed from the agent's own listing text (a stated size, or a figure mentioned in the description) — jersey's data carries no dedicated floor-area field, so coverage is partial. Comparisons are drawn from asking prices of properties currently for sale that publish a floor area, not achieved sale prices — the Places.je register records no floor areas at all, so a sold £/m² cannot be calculated from it. Sample sizes are shown in brackets; small groups move a lot. This is context for a conversation with an agent, not a valuation.
What would this cost to buy?
A live estimate, not a quote — change any figure below and everything recalculates immediately. Stamp duty / Land Transaction Tax uses Jersey's own standard-residence bands (see buying property in Jersey for the full table and how share-transfer property differs); the mortgage side is a standard capital-and-interest repayment calculation, not an offer from any lender.
Getting connected
Jersey has two residential broadband providers: JT — the island's own former state telecom, now Jersey's full-fibre network builder — and Sure, which completed absorbing Airtel-Vodafone's Channel Islands customer base in September 2025 (Airtel-Vodafone no longer trades as a separate operator here). Jersey's copper phone network is largely already history: JT finished building an island-wide fibre-to-the-home network back in July 2018 and has been retiring copper ever since — well ahead of Guernsey, where the equivalent copper switch-off was still under way through 2026. Always confirm actual coverage and switch-over status at this specific address directly with JT or Sure before assuming.
What would improving it be worth?
Modelled for this property in St Lawrence, 557.4 m² of known floor area. Adjust build quality or size for this property
Value added is the extra floor area priced at £11,117/m² — the midpoint asking price per m² among 20 St Lawrence properties currently for sale that publish a floor area. Cost uses £4,000–£6,000/m² new build and £2,000–£4,000/m² refurbishment, depending on quality. Net is against the mid rate. The last column is how often Jersey actually approves that kind of application.
Unlike the value side of this table (priced from Jersey's own current asking prices), the £4k–6k new-build / £2k–4k refurbishment rates are carried across from guernseyproperties.gg, where they were supplied by that site's owner from local Guernsey experience — they have not been independently verified for Jersey, and construction costs plausibly differ between the islands. Treat the Cost and Net columns as an unverified placeholder until a Jersey-specific quantity surveyor's rate replaces them.
| Improvement | Value it might add | Likely cost | Net | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a bedroom (single-storey extension) A modest double plus circulation, built new. ~14 m² |
£155,642 | £70,000 14 m² · mid spec new build range £56,000–£84,000 |
+£85,642 | 86% (569) |
| Loft conversion with a bedroom Works inside an existing roof, so it prices as refurbishment rather than new build — which is why it usually wins. ~20 m² |
£222,346 | £60,000 20 m² · mid spec refurb range £40,000–£80,000 |
+£162,346 | 86% (84) |
| Two-storey extension Roughly 14 m² on each of two floors. ~28 m² |
£311,284 | £140,000 28 m² · mid spec new build range £112,000–£168,000 |
+£171,284 | 83% (193) |
| Garage, annexe or outbuilding Detached space is worth less per m² than main-house floor area. ~18 m² |
£120,067 | £90,000 18 m² · mid spec new build range £72,000–£108,000 |
+£30,067 | 82% (216) |
Two things it cannot see. First, it prices floor area at the local average rate — it doesn't know your plot, your roof, your outlook, or whether an extension is physically possible; nor whether your street has a ceiling price that no amount of extending beats. Second, the rate comes from asking prices of other properties currently for sale that state a floor area — a minority of Jersey's live stock, so treat the sample sizes shown as real limits, not decoration.
The obvious alternative method is worse, which is why it isn't used here: comparing a typical 3-bed with a typical 4-bed suggests a bedroom is worth far more than it actually is — a bigger bed-count usually means a bigger house on a bigger plot, so that figure measures the mix of what's for sale, not the value of adding a room.
Before spending anything, get a builder's quote and talk to an architect — the type-of-work approval rates show how often that kind of application actually succeeds.
Sale history
No prior sale found in the Jersey property register for this address.
Planning history
No planning application found in the last 3 years for this address.
Estimate the cost of work you're considering
No live planning permission is on file for this address, so there's nothing to price directly — pick the kind of work you're weighing up instead, using the same cost ranges this site applies to real Jersey planning applications.
The work type shown is inferred automatically from the wording of the planning application's own description — it isn't stated by the applicant. The base cost range comes from published UK national renovation/build-cost guides for that type of project, and a ~25% uplift has been added to reflect higher shipping/import and skilled-labour costs in the Channel Islands — this is an estimate, not a published index. These figures are indicative only, not a quote: actual cost depends on specification, finish, ground conditions and the contractor. For anything serious, get a quote from a local quantity surveyor or builder.
See the 27 architects, structural engineers and builders working in Jersey. This can't be narrowed to firms who've filed nearby this property or this parish — Jersey's planning register carries no applicant, agent or architect field to match against (see the professionals directory).
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