117 Burns Drive, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7NW

117 Burns Drive is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 7NW). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 33 units on file.

Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 77.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 32 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £152,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.