25 Shaftesbury Road, Watford, WD17 2RG

25 Shaftesbury Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 2RG). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 is 18.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£462/sq ft) was about 73.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £358,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.