Faircross House, Flat 1b, 116 The Parade, High Street, Watford, WD17 1BA

Faircross House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Faircross House (37–95 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold June 2019 for £212,238. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 177.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.