4 High Ridge Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AG

4 High Ridge Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AG). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 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 £490,000 sits 415.8% above the 1997 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 62.5% below the postcode norm. At 77 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 26 EPCs).