Ash Wood Cottage, Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3BN
About Ash Wood Cottage
Ash Wood Cottage is a detached house in Watford (WD17 3BN). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2023. The latest certificate (June 2023) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
Today's modelled estimate of £869,000 sits 148.3% above the 2021 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 50.1% below the postcode norm. At 109 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 3 EPCs). Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Certificate validity
Valid until 26 June 2033
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Planning history
1 application on record at Ash Wood Cottage, Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3BN
- Jul 2023Garage ConversionFullOutcome in report
Garage conversion and internal alterations (retrospective application)
Retrospective- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00475/FULH
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£869,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 August 2021Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 3BN: £720,000 (2022–2007).
Versus other Bellmount Wood Avenue homes
Ash Wood Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
83 (B)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 138 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
266/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Langley Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Cassiobury Junior School. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB