52 Estcourt Road, Watford, WD17 2PZ

52 Estcourt Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 2PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.

At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 41.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 26.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £355,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.