Portumna Cottage, Fir Tree Hill, Chandlers Cross, Rickmansworth, WD3 4LY

Portumna Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Chandlers Cross, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 4LY). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since February 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £1,089,000 sits 146.1% above the 2006 sale of £442,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 57.7% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.