Lady Capels Cottage, Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3NL

Lady Capels Cottage is a detached house in Watford (WD17 3NL). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £1,423,000 sits 59.9% above the 2007 sale of £890,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,531/sq ft) was about 256.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.