Rose Cottage, Leverstock Green Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8LP

Rose Cottage is a detached house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 8LP). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 136 m² it's 16.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £815,000 is 24.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£447/sq ft) was about 103% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £655,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.