16 Franklin Road, Watford, WD17 1QD

16 Franklin Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 1QD). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in May 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 213.4% above the 2000 sale of £127,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 45.2% below the postcode norm.