Siesta, Roughdown Villas Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0AX

Siesta is a detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2022 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 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 £998,000 sits 504.8% above the 1996 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 70.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.