16 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
About 16 Box Lane
16 Box Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 290 m² (around 3122 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 290 m² it's 28.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (226 m² median across 26 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £1,550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
16 Box Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
16 Box Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
- Jun 2015ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single-storey rear extension measuring 5.4m deep with a maximum height of 3.36m and a maximum eaves height of 2.7m
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/01723/15/HPA
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,647,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,550,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 February 2022Most recent
£1,550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP3 0DJ: £1,270,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in HP3 0DJ
56 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
Sold Oct 2024
£1,270,00032 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
Sold Jun 2021
£1,910,0001 The Pines, Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
Sold May 2021
£1,085,00022 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
Sold Apr 2021
£1,072,00028 Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DJ
Sold Mar 2021
£1,397,000
Versus other Box Lane homes
Years Held for 16 Box Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,345
Street avg £4,590
Floor Area
290 m²
Street avg 228 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sheethanger Common — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Pixies Hill Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







