10a, Lower Flat, Essex Road, Watford, WD17 4EP

10a is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 4EP). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £439,000 sits 125.1% above the 2002 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 49.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.