91 Burns Drive, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7NW

91 Burns Drive is a one-bedroom end-of-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 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity. 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.

Held since October 1999 — that's 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 276.7% above the 1999 sale of £43,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 50.2% below the postcode norm. 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.