39a, St Johns Road, Watford, WD17 1QB

39a is an end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 1QB). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since August 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 16% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 160.5% above the 2004 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 67.4% below the postcode norm.