1a, Wellington Road, Watford, WD17 1QU

1a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 1QU). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). At 87 m² this is the 15th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–306 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 28 units on file.

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 sits 496.2% above the 1997 sale of £44,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 80.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.