5 Farriers Close, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0UL

5 Farriers Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP3 0UL). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £548,000 sits 313.6% above the 1998 sale of £132,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 56.2% below the postcode norm.