Top Flat, 6 Canterbury Road, Watford, WD17 1QT
About Top Flat
Top Flat is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 1QT). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 842 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sold June 2021 for £370,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 78 m² it's 22.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 22 EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 68.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Top Flat's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Nov 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Top Flat has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
7applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Top Flat has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£394,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 23 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
2 June 2021Most recent
£370,000
+2.8%over 4 years13 October 2016
£360,000
+60.0%over 4 years28 June 2012
£225,000
+9.5%over 5 years16 October 2006
£205,500
+119.8%over 8 years4 June 1998
£93,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 1QT: £625,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in WD17 1QT
Versus other Canterbury Road homes
On years held, Top Flat runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,733
Street avg £6,464
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.3 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
0.0 km
West Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB