34 Shaftesbury Road, Watford, WD17 2RQ
About 34 Shaftesbury Road
34 Shaftesbury Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 2RQ). 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 (February 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
11 years since the last transfer (May 2015). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 43.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 48.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
34 Shaftesbury Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2015ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.45m for which the maximum height would be 2.90m and the height of the eaves would be 2.1m
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00638/HPD
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 16 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
7 May 2015Most recent
£290,000
+56.8%over 6 years16 March 2009
£185,000
-12.7%over 1 year7 August 2007
£212,000
+161.7%over 7 years16 August 1999
£81,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 2RQ: £380,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in WD17 2RQ
Versus other Shaftesbury Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 34 Shaftesbury Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,028
Street avg £4,250
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
57.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.2dB