26 St Johns Road, Watford, WD17 1QA
About 26 St Johns Road
26 St Johns Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Watford (WD17 1QA). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning application is currently pending a decision in 2024. At 126 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£494/sq ft) was about 106.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £670,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
26 St Johns Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
- Nov 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear and side extension with roof lights
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01017/FULH
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 St Johns Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£723,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 15 years.
£670,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
17 February 2022Most recent
£670,000
+3.1%over 2 years3 December 2019
£650,000
+85.7%over 12 years19 June 2007
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 1QA: £431,126 (2018–2010).
Nearby sales in WD17 1QA
Versus other St Johns Road homes
On price per m², 26 St Johns Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,317
Street avg £2,502
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
West Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.8dB