53 Homefield Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4BZ

53 Homefield Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 4BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 76.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £543,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.