Saddlers, Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
About Saddlers
Saddlers is a semi-detached house in Water End, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP1 3BH). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
10 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 70.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £675,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Saddlers's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Saddlers has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
10 applications on record at Saddlers, Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
- Dec 2004Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Works to trees
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/02525/04/TCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksMar 2023Decision
- ConditionsOct 2013Decision
+ 7 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Saddlers was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£723,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£675,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 June 2022Most recent
£675,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP1 3BH: £455,000 (2019–2008).
Nearby sales in HP1 3BH
5 Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
Sold Dec 2019
£564,90012 Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
Sold Sept 2018
£455,00011 Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
Sold Jul 2018
£250,0004 Leighton Buzzard Road, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BH
Sold Oct 2014
£487,000
Versus other Leighton Buzzard Road homes
Saddlers outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 145 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.0 km
The Old Forge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







