2 Beechtree Cottage, Hemel Hempstead Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8LA

2 Beechtree Cottage is a detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

At 85 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 10 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£545/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £499,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.