39 Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5UX

39 Bencroft Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 5UX). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since May 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 sits 58.6% above the 2007 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it's 23.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 16 EPCs).