44 Manorville Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AP

44 Manorville Road is a one-bedroom detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AP). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £745,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.