11 Castle Mead, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1PR

11 Castle Mead is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 1PR). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £661,000 is 10.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 52.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold February 2022 for £600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.