2 De Havilland Close, Hatfield, AL10 0DR

2 De Havilland Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hatfield (AL10 0DR). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 sits 105.8% above the 2007 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 33.8% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include subdivision and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.