29 Shaftesbury Road, Watford, WD17 2RG
About 29 Shaftesbury Road
29 Shaftesbury Road is a mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 2RG). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2010. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 36.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
- Mar 2010Loft ConversionAmendmentIn report
Certificate of Lawfulness for loft conversion (with a dormer window to the rear and velux window to the front)
- Documents
- 27 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/00086/LDC
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 29 Shaftesbury Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 26 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
6 June 2022Most recent
£400,000
+61.6%over 10 years31 October 2011
£247,500
+10.0%over 4 years11 October 2007
£225,000
+87.5%over 5 years27 November 2001
£120,000
+45.5%over 2 years24 June 1999
£82,500
+46.0%over 2 years25 July 1996
£56,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 2RG: £375,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in WD17 2RG
Versus other Shaftesbury Road homes
Floor Area for 29 Shaftesbury Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,922
Street avg £4,588
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
0.4 km
Beechen Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Central Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.4dB