12 Wellington Road, Watford, WD17 1QU
About 12 Wellington Road
12 Wellington Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 1QU). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2019. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £744,000 is 10.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 91.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £673,000 in September 2020. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
12 Wellington Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2019DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of ground floor rear extension and part 1st floor extension
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00315/FULH
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 12 Wellington Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
12 Wellington Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£744,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 24 years.
£673,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
24 September 2020Most recent
£673,000
+586.7%over 24 years28 March 1996
£98,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 1QU: £507,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in WD17 1QU
Versus other Wellington Road homes
12 Wellington Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,674
Street avg £2,351
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 7.0 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
0.1 km
West Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Watford St John's Church of England Primary School. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB








