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Get started8 Birch Green is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2QX). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 69.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £522,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 8 Birch Green.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
Latest sale on 8 Birch Green was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 10 years.
£522,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 10 years.
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8 Birch Green outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,015
Street avg £3,119
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
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 changed
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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30 September 2021Most recent
£522,000
+80.6%over 9 years11 November 2011
£289,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP1 2QX: £227,000 (2023–2005).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
HP1 2HH
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