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5 sales on record
About 8 Bourne End Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Bourne End Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 2RH). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for new windows is awaiting a decision. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£676/sq ft) was about 88.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 8 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. Most recent transfer: February 2023 at £400,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
8 Bourne End Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F37
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Bourne End Cottages, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2RH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Mar 2018RenovationHeritageGrant Permission/Consent
Three replacement windows
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Bourne End Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£417,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2023)
£400,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of 8 Bourne End Cottages, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2RH
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Versus other London Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 8 Bourne End Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,273
Street avg £5,154
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 175 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Hemel Hempstead district page.
Crime
16/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Watermill Hotel — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around HP1 2RH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 46 points of interest in total.
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