Silver Birches, Hempstead Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DS

Silver Birches is a six-bedroom detached house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 393 m² (around 4230 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since June 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 393 m² the property is well over the postcode median (265 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 42.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,319,000 is 36.4% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.