19a, Furlongs, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2QG

19a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2QG). It has a recorded floor area of 22 m² (around 237 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 22 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 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 £230,000 sits 194.9% above the 1997 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.