19b, Essex Road, Watford, WD17 4EL

19b is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 4EL). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

At 51 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 June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £346,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£565/sq ft) was about 131.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.