Hatches Farm, Bradden Lane, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6JB

Hatches Farm is a detached house in Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP2 6JB). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2397 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 223 m² the property is well over the postcode median (170 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £903,000 sits 301.3% above the 1995 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 80.1% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.