17a, Essex Road, Watford, WD17 4EL

17a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 4EL). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Period features are noted in the property record.

2 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 conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £310,000 in December 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£480/sq ft) was about 97.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.