17b, Essex Road, Watford, WD17 4EL

17b is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 4EL). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64).

Held since July 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 sits 578.9% above the 1995 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).