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Ash Wood Cottage, Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3BN

EPC B1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Floor area
109 m²
1173 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 83
Overview

About Ash Wood Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

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 £849,000 sits 142.6% 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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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
B83
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.7 t/year
Occupancy
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Ash Wood Cottage, Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3BN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Jul 2023
    Garage ConversionFull
    In report

    Garage conversion and internal alterations (retrospective application)

    Retrospective
    Documents
    7 docs on file
    Reference
    23/00475/FULH
    View planning record
Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Ash Wood Cottage

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£849,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£350,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 August 2021Most recent

    £350,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 3BN: £720,000 (2022–2007).

On the street

Versus other Bellmount Wood Avenue homes

Three headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Ash Wood Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

83 (B)

Street avg 64 (D)

Strongly above

Floor Area

109 m²

Street avg 138 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.7 t/year

Street avg 5.6 t/year

Strongly above
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Ash Wood Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Watford district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

10/mo

Steady 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.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WD17 3BN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for WD17 3BN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for WD17 3BN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Ash Wood Cottage, Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, WD17 3BN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.