Cornerway Cottage, Shendish, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AA

Cornerway Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Shendish, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £683,000 sits 61.7% above the 2008 sale of £422,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 96.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 109 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.