2 Barberry Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1SD

2 Barberry Road is a detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 1SD). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £696,000 sits 335% above the 1997 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 62.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.