5 Belmont Road, Bushey, WD23 2JT

5 Belmont Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bushey (WD23 2JT). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 55 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–227 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 5 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 sits 60.7% above the 2007 sale of £183,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.