2 Row Meadow Cottages, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6HW

2 Row Meadow Cottages is a semi-detached house in Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP2 6HW). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on lpg.

5 planning records sit against the property, 3 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. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -38.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £734,000 sits 3570% above the 2021 sale of £20,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£9/sq ft) was about 97.7% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £20,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.