297 Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3NL

297 Hempstead Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 3NL). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£684/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 8 EPCs). Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.