Grange Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Felden, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0BT

Grange Cottage is a detached house in Felden, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0BT). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (232 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2010–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £578,000 is 12.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£748/sq ft) was about 142.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2018 for £515,000.