1 Local Board Road, Watford, WD17 2JP
About 1 Local Board Road
1 Local Board Road is an end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 2JP). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 10.3% below the 2021 sale of £400,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 83.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £400,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
1 Local Board Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 3 March 2030
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Planning history
1 Local Board Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 1 Local Board Road, Watford, WD17 2JP
- Apr 2021ExtensionAmendmentOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Lawful Development Certificate for a single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00390/LDC
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Local Board Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£359,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.3% per year over 25 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 10.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
26 February 2021Most recent
£400,000
+1042.9%over 24 years23 May 1996
£35,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 2JP: £280,000 (2026–2013).
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Crime
266/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Field Junior School. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.6dB






