Hutchings Lodge, Flat 20, High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1EY

Hutchings Lodge is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rickmansworth (WD3 1EY). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 15th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in Hutchings Lodge, where floor areas span 42–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

It hasn't traded since December 1999, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 46 m² it's 17.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (56 m² median across 44 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 is 41% above the 1999 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm.