2 Grove Cottages, Hogg Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3AL
About 2 Grove Cottages
2 Grove Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Elstree, Borehamwood, Borehamwood (WD6 3AL). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in September 2002. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 116.2% above the 2002 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 37.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Grove Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Electronic documents only, no paper fileSingle storey and first floor rear extension (Amended plans received 9/07/2007).
- Agent
- Ryan Associates Property Consultants Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- TP/07/1110
What's in 2 Grove Cottages, Hogg Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3AL's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
2 Grove Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£573,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 2002Most recent
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 3AL: £345,000 (2023–1999).
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km
Lismirrane Business Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
St Nicholas Elstree Church of England VA Primary School. 8 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
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB