26 Walnut Grove, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4AP

26 Walnut Grove is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 85.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 28 EPCs). Last sale on file: £495,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.