4 Apsley Grange, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9SY

4 Apsley Grange is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hemel Hempstead (HP3 9SY). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 11th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.