Felden Hurst, Flat 2, Felden Lane, Felden, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0BE

Felden Hurst is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Felden, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 554 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 51 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Felden Hurst, where floor areas span 33–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 7 units on file.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in October 1996. 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 £249,000 sits 333% above the 1996 sale of £57,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 68.6% below the postcode norm. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.