12 Ashby Court, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7QL

12 Ashby Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP2 7QL). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 39 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 35 units on file.

On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 101.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 39 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 34 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £165,000 in September 2020.