Flat 3, 7 Roughdown Villas Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AX

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–61 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £243,000. 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. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£525/sq ft) was about 108.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.