8 Birch Green, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2QX

8 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.

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. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 69.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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.