Anvil Close, Flat 1, Yew Tree Drive, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0TB

Anvil Close is an end-of-terrace house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0TB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Anvil Close, where floor areas span 38–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (57 versus a best of 76).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£429/sq ft) was about 40.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £245,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.