Hill Top, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
About Hill Top
Hill Top is a detached house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 301 m² (around 3240 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in December 2000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,647,000 sits 149.5% above the 2000 sale of £660,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 47% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Hill Top's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Hill Top.
2 applications on record at Hill Top, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS
1 live now- Sept 2002ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey
TWO STOREY FRONT EXTENSION, EXTENSION TO ROOF AND REAR/SIDE EXTENSION TO CONSERVATORY
Extension- Reference
- 4/01526/02/FHA
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMar 2026Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£1,647,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 17.1% per year over 5 years.
£660,000
Growth on file: 17.1% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
14 December 2000Most recent
£660,000
+9.7%over 12 months17 December 1999
£601,500
+20.5%over 1 year19 November 1998
£499,000
+66.3%over 2 years18 December 1995
£300,000
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
Hill Top outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,193
Street avg £4,828
Floor Area
301 m²
Street avg 301 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 11.4 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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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







