44a, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3AE

44a is an end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 3AE). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 54). The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 94 m² this is the 6th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–178 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 75).

At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 sits 98.7% above the 2022 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 59.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: subdivision refused in 2022. Last sale on file: £150,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.