1 Row Meadow Cottages, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
About 1 Row Meadow Cottages
1 Row Meadow Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP2 6HW). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (210 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at -15.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 is 30.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 23.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2018 for £350,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
1 Row Meadow Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 1 Row Meadow Cottages, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
- Apr 2017ConditionsOutcome in report
Removal of condition 2 (agricultural occupancy) attached to planning permission w/1284/66 (pair of semi detached houses)
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/00171/17/ROC
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2018Decision
- ExtensionAug 2018Decision
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Sales history & valuation
1 Row Meadow Cottages valuation runs notably under the typical sold price in this postcode.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -15.9% per year over 4 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: -15.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
2 August 2018Most recent
£350,000
-52.4%over 4 years24 April 2014
£735,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP2 6HW: £725,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in HP2 6HW
4 Beechwood View, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
Sold May 2023
£980,0002 Row Meadow Cottages, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
Sold Mar 2021
£20,0003 Beechwood View, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
Sold Oct 2013
£720,000Brown Orchard, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW
Sold May 2010
£1,050,000
Versus the street
1 Row Meadow Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £2,674
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 214 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Bradden Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Gaddesden Row JMI School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

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