15 Sparrows Herne, Bushey, WD23 1AD

15 Sparrows Herne is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bushey (WD23 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. Tenure is freehold. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–148 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 22 units on file. Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 59.2% above the 2014 sale of £124,999. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (57 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.