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Get started7 Birch Green is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2QX). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 sits 75.3% above the 2011 sale of £235,000. On the market in September 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
7 Birch Green has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£412,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 15 years.
£235,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 15 years.
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EPC Rating for 7 Birch Green lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,866
Street avg £3,406
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
16/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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16 September 2011Most recent
£235,000
+25.0%over 6 years19 August 2005
£188,000
+57.3%over 4 years22 June 2001
£119,500
+66.0%over 4 years27 January 1997
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP1 2QX: £289,000 (2023–2010).
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CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
HP1 2QH
Lyne Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
John F Kennedy Catholic School. 16 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB