7 Cottage Close, Watford, WD17 3NN
About 7 Cottage Close
7 Cottage Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Watford (WD17 3NN). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 839 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows a C (score 72). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (204 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2005–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,341,000 is 41.2% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,132/sq ft) was about 144.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
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Energy performance
7 Cottage Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Sept 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Cottage Close has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2021FullIn report
Proposed refurbishment and re-interpretation of locally listed ice house and landscaping including removal of Lawson cypress tree T10 under TPO49 and replacement tree
Listed- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01248/FULH
- Oct 2020OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of an outbuilding.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00985/FULH
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Sales history & valuation
7 Cottage Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,341,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 6 years.
£950,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2011Most recent
£950,000
+29.3%over 6 years19 June 2005
£735,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 3NN: £1,300,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in WD17 3NN
Versus other Cottage Close homes
7 Cottage Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£12,187
Street avg £5,731
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 197 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
0.2 km
Langley Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Cassiobury Junior School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB