Detached 2 sales on record

12 HORSECROFT ROAD

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PZ

£600,000

Location

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Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type	Name	Distance
Bus stop	Fishery Inn	0.1 miles
Shop	Unknown	0.1 miles
Train station	Hemel Hempstead	0.3 miles
Hospital	Watford General Hospital	7.6 miles
University	National Film and Television School	11.6 miles

Property details

Tenure

Freehold

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

88 m²

EPC rating

Year built

England and Wales: 1967-1975

Last sold

£600,000 Apr 2026

Price per m²

£6,818/m²

Local average

£666,063 (16 sales)

Street crime

256 incidents within 1 mile (Jun 2026)

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: D

Potential rating: B

Inspection date: 04/01/2022

Expiry date: 03/01/2032

Current heating cost: £714/year

Potential heating cost: £576/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £17,375

EPC D or below may face future regulation risk. Upgrading to C could improve long-term ROI.

Recommendations

Floor insulation (suspended floor) (£800 - £1,200)
Floor insulation (solid floor) (£4,000 - £6,000)
Replacement warm air unit (£1,250 - £2,500)
Solar water heating (£4,000 - £6,000)
Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£3,500 - £5,500)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Price history

Event	Date	Price	Type	% change	Today’s value (HPI)	Action
Sold	01/04/2026	£600,000	Detached	+20%	£604,810 to May 2026	View transaction
Sold	27/04/2022	£500,000	Detached	—	£532,839 to May 2026	View transaction

Historic listings

Listing and sale events only where we matched the listing page to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

Event	Date	Price
sold	01/01/2026	£600,000
listed	26/06/2025	£600,000
sold	01/01/2022	£500,000

Photos · Open listing

Sold comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Address	Price	Date	Type
3 FISHERY PASSAGE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1RF	£400,000	18/12/2025	Detached
117 ANCHOR LANE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NS	£625,000	23/08/2024	Detached
4A COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE	£450,000	06/12/2023	Detached
54 PULLER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1QN	£425,000	17/11/2023	Detached
10 COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE	£520,000	14/11/2023	Detached
40 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH	£895,000	15/09/2023	Detached
12 ALSTON ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1QU	£640,000	12/12/2022	Detached
23 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH	£974,200	11/08/2022	Detached
THE NOOK, 30A COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE	£610,000	29/06/2022	Detached
18 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH	£815,000	28/09/2021	Detached

Area average: £635,420 (10 sales)

For sale comparables

No active for-sale comparables found within 1 mile for the same bedrooms and property type.

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -63.5%

10y growth -2.9%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Dacorum. Series: Detached. As of May 2026.

1y (index) -0.5%

5y (index) 14.4%

10y (index) 26.2%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Dacorum. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,421/mo

Realistic £1,579/mo

Optimistic £1,737/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Dacorum.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for South West Herts: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Rental Comparables

Residential lets in the area (all bedroom counts shown — none matched the 3-bedroom count for this property). Student lets are excluded.

Title	Rent	Beds	Distance	As seen on
2 Bed Flat, Selden Hill, HP2	£3,400/mo	2	0.76 miles	OpenRent

Average rent: £3,400/mo (1 listing)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.57%

Max investor price (0.8%) £425,000

Target investor price (1%) £340,000

Gross yield 6.8%

Cost-to-rent ratio 14.7×

Monthly cashflow £672/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term

Cash-on-cash ROI 4.6%

Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

Registered land (INSPIRE)

This location falls inside an HM Land Registry INSPIRE registered freehold polygon.

Plot: ~250 m² (0.06 acres)

Source: HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons.

Street-level crime

Category	Count
Violence and sexual offences	82
Anti-social behaviour	80
Shoplifting	20
Public order	16
Criminal damage and arson	14
Other theft	12
Burglary	8
Drugs	8
Vehicle crime	7
Other crime	3
Possession of weapons	3
Theft from the person	3
Total incidents	256

Within 1 mile during Jun 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name	Type	Distance	Ofsted
St Rose's Catholic Infant School	Primary	0.2 miles	Good — 20 Nov 2013
Boxmoor Primary School	Primary	0.3 miles	Good — 13 May 2024
Pixies Hill Primary School	Primary	0.5 miles	Good — 14 Jun 2023
Roman Fields Academy	Other	0.5 miles	Outstanding — 21 Jan 2019
James Marks Academy	Other	0.5 miles	— (No rating)

FENSA

Window and door installation certificates found for this address.

Issued	Work completed	Windows	Doors
27/11/2022	11/11/2022	12	1

# 12 HORSECROFT ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PZ

## Property details

- Slug: `df599ba` (address key hash: `df599ba312cadc52396a6ee8ce4896db02f37ea4`)
- Postcode: HP1 1PZ
- Transactions on record: 2

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Detached
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 1
- Floor area: 88 m²
- EPC rating: D
- Year built: England and Wales: 1967-1975
- Last sold: £600,000 Apr 2026
- Price per m²: £6,818/m²
- Local average: £666,063 (16 sales)
- Street crime: 256 incidents within 1 mile (Jun 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £600,000
- Date: 2026-04-01
- Type: D
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** D
- **Potential rating:** B
- **Expiry date:** 03/01/2032
- **Current heating cost:** £714/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £17,375

### Recommendations
- W1 (£800 - £1,200)
- W2 (£4,000 - £6,000)
- M (£1,250 - £2,500)
- N (£4,000 - £6,000)
- U (£3,500 - £5,500)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/8200-4340-0622-4109-3923)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-04-01 | £600,000 | Detached | +20% | £604,810 (to May 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/50d10b84-06b5-b8d0-e063-4704a8c08d98) |
| Sold | 2022-04-27 | £500,000 | Detached | — | £532,839 (to May 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/fac30767-20bf-5e20-e053-4704a8c004ee) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 12 HORSECROFT ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PZ | £600,000 | 01/04/2026 | Detached |
| 12 HORSECROFT ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PZ | £500,000 | 27/04/2022 | Detached |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [163834355](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/d66efb0)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £600,000 |
| listed | 2025-06-26 | £600,000 |
| sold | 2022-01-01 | £500,000 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 3 FISHERY PASSAGE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1RF | £400,000 | 18/12/2025 | Detached |
| 117 ANCHOR LANE, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NS | £625,000 | 23/08/2024 | Detached |
| 4A COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE | £450,000 | 06/12/2023 | Detached |
| 54 PULLER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1QN | £425,000 | 17/11/2023 | Detached |
| 10 COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE | £520,000 | 14/11/2023 | Detached |
| 40 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH | £895,000 | 15/09/2023 | Detached |
| 12 ALSTON ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1QU | £640,000 | 12/12/2022 | Detached |
| 23 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH | £974,200 | 11/08/2022 | Detached |
| THE NOOK, 30A COWPER ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1PE | £610,000 | 29/06/2022 | Detached |
| 18 MOORLAND ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, DACORUM, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 1NH | £815,000 | 28/09/2021 | Detached |

**Area average:** £635,420 (10 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** -63.5%
- **10y growth:** -2.9%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Dacorum; Detached series; as of May 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** -0.5%
- **5y growth (index):** 14.4%
- **10y growth (index):** 26.2%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Dacorum). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,421/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,579/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,737/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for South West Herts (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets in the area (all bedroom counts shown — none matched the 3-bedroom count for this property). Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 2 Bed Flat, Selden Hill, HP2 | £3,400/mo | 2 | 0.76 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £3,400/mo (1 listing)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.57% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £425,000
- **Target investor price (1%):** £340,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £3,400/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 6.8%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 14.7×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £672/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 4.6%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Not in Flood Risk Area (no data)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 82 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 80 |
| Shoplifting | 20 |
| Public order | 16 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 14 |
| Other theft | 12 |
| Burglary | 8 |
| Drugs | 8 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| **Total incidents** | **256** |

*Within 1 mile during Jun 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| St Rose's Catholic Infant School | Primary | 0.2 miles | Good — 20 Nov 2013 |
| Boxmoor Primary School | Primary | 0.3 miles | Good — 13 May 2024 |
| Pixies Hill Primary School | Primary | 0.5 miles | Good — 14 Jun 2023 |
| Roman Fields Academy | Other | 0.5 miles | Outstanding — 21 Jan 2019 |
| James Marks Academy | Other | 0.5 miles | — (No rating) |

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 1 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #15505437
- **Address:** 12 Horsecroft Road, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 1PZ
- **Certificate Issued:** 27/11/2022
- **Work Completed:** 11/11/2022
- **Items:** 12 window(s), 1 door(s)