Nexus House, Flat 1, Charles Street, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JH

Nexus House is a one-bedroom detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 1JH). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 365 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2009) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 34 m² this is the 5th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Nexus House, where floor areas span 27–185 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (84 versus a worst of 6).

Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 is 24.6% below the 2006 sale of £625,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,713/sq ft) was about 391.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in November 2006. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.