53 High Ridge Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AU

53 High Ridge Road is a semi-detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£394/sq ft) was about 50.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £730,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.