3 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
About 3 Arden Close
3 Arden Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0QS). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. Other recorded features include a conservatory. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £619,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 32.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A a loft conversion application was refused at 3 Arden Close in 2021.
3 applications on record at 3 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
- Nov 2021Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Two storey front extension, single storey rear extension and loft conversion
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/03492/FHA
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionApr 2022Decision
- Loft ConversionFeb 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£619,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 18 years.
£560,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
5 June 2022Most recent
£560,000
+94.4%over 18 years12 January 2004
£288,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP3 0QS: £420,000 (2024–2006).
Nearby sales in HP3 0QS
5 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
Sold Jun 2024
£750,0004 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
Sold Jan 2014
£420,0002 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
Sold Dec 2007
£350,0007 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
Sold Jul 2006
£368,0001 Arden Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0QS
Sold Dec 1996
£97,000
Versus other Arden Close homes
3 Arden Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,746
Street avg £3,847
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
0.2 km
The Grange — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Bovingdon Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







