69 Burns Drive, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7NW

69 Burns Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 7NW). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 16th 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, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 93.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £207,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.