8 Ash Vale, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, WD3 9UJ

8 Ash Vale is a detached house in Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 9UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 1997, a hold of 29 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 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 sits 347.4% above the 1997 sale of £133,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 75.1% below the postcode norm.