5 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
About 5 Little Hill
5 Little Hill is a three-bedroom detached house in Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 5BX). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£683/sq ft) was about 68.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 28.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 20 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £765,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Know exactly what you're buying at 5 Little Hill
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Little Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 5 Little Hill was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Mar 2024RenovationFullIn report
Provision of vehicular crossover and dropped kerb.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/0211/FUL
- Aug 2023Garage ConversionAmendmentIn report
Part-retrospective: Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation, with associated increase in roof height, and installation of AC unit to flank elevation
Retrospective- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/0861/RSP
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 5 Little Hill
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£799,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£765,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2022Most recent
£765,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD3 5BX: £1,150,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in WD3 5BX
14 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
Sold Jan 2025
£1,395,00025 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
Sold Oct 2024
£1,192,50037 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
Sold Aug 2024
£760,00019 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
Sold Mar 2022
£1,150,00015 Little Hill, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth, WD3 5BX
Sold Nov 2021
£857,000
Everything we know about 5 Little Hill, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Little Hill homes
5 Little Hill outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,356
Street avg £5,498
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Little Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Chorleywood Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB