2 Fernville Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4AL

2 Fernville Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in June 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 79 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £436,000 sits 279.1% above the 1998 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 51.9% below the postcode norm.