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Get started1 Bodwell Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP1 3RG). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 sits 132.1% above the 2012 sale of £218,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 71.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in August 2012.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 1 Bodwell Close.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
1 Bodwell Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£506,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 12 years.
£218,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 12 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for 1 Bodwell Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
68 (D)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 76 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
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
49.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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31 August 2012Most recent
£218,000
+82.4%over 11 years15 December 2000
£119,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP1 3RG: £112,500 (2018–1996).
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Street avg 2.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
HP1 3RR
Martindale Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Micklem Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB