1 West Valley Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AN

1 West Valley Road is a detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AN). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 44), 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 February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Last sold in September 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 113 m² it's 16.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 35 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £582,000 is 29.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode.