32 Essex Road, Watford, WD17 4EP

32 Essex Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Watford (WD17 4EP). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 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. Across 1995–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 30.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £1,050,000.