Fryth Hay, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
About Fryth Hay
Fryth Hay is a detached house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (279 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 20.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£691/sq ft) was about 121.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2024
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
9 applications on record at Fryth Hay, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
- Jul 2012Change Of UseAmendmentOutcome in report
Use as 10-bed staff hostel
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/00916/12/LDE
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingFeb 2020Decision
- OutbuildingDec 2019Decision
+ 6 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
£690,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£573,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 August 2014Most recent
£573,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP3 0DS: £1,387,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in HP3 0DS
Bramhope, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
Sold Oct 2023
£1,800,000Upper Dodds, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
Sold Mar 2023
£1,375,000Woodcote, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
Sold Jun 2021
£1,620,000Beechwood, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
Sold Jun 2020
£1,387,000Wingates, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
Sold Oct 2019
£1,052,000
Versus other Hempstead Road homes
Fryth Hay outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,442
Street avg £4,304
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 321 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 12.3 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
Little Hay Golf Course — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Bovingdon Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







