Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Church Road, Watford, WD17 4PY
1 planning record
Estimated value
£557,000
- Against WD17 4PY's recent median (£420,000)+33%
Newest record on this page: November 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Detached
Floor 00
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
127 m²
1367 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£557,000
- Against WD17 4PY's recent median (£420,000)+33%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for 1 Church Road is modelled from its 127 m² EPC floor area, the absence of a recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in WD17 4PY. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
127 m² from the EPC lodged in April 2025
Sales of this home
No sale recorded since 1995
Recent sales in WD17 4PY
5 sales, median £420,000 (2025–2023)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: November 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 application | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Church Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 4PY: £420,000 (2025–2023).
What this page doesn't show
Nothing is flagged from the data on this page, but these checks are only run in the report. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About 1 Church Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Church Road is a detached house in Watford (WD17 4PY). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 127 m² this is the 27th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–296 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Church Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
Apr 2025EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 24 April 2035
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Church Road, Watford, WD17 4PY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Church Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
1 application on record at 1 Church Road, Watford, WD17 4PY
1decisions3documents3nearby
Flagged:Conservation area
- Apr 2019Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Works to trees in conservation area
Conservation Area- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00233/TCA
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Versus other Church Road homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On floor area, 1 Church Road stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 70 (C)
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Watford district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
266/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Railway Bridge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School. 36 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary699m
- Lanchester Primary SchoolPrimary775m
- Nascot Wood Junior SchoolPrimary784m
- West Herts College16 plus798m
Nearest stops
- Railway BridgeBus stop172m
- Church RoadBus stop181m
- Brixton RoadBus stop281m
- Southern Cross PHBus stop298m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences1,094 reports29%
- Anti-social Behaviour733 reports20%
- Shoplifting489 reports13%
- Other Theft287 reports8%
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WD17 4PY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Victorian-eraGround Floor FlatEPC EPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)Solid (non-cavity) walls
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for 1 Church Road is modelled from its 127 m² EPC floor area, the absence of a recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in WD17 4PY. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. No sale is recorded for 1 Church Road, which usually means it hasn't changed hands since 1995 or the sale was not for value. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for 1 Church Road was lodged in April 2025 at band E and is valid until April 2035. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 1 application is matched to 1 Church Road. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 14 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 36 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from WD17 4PY, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- 1 Church Road is in council tax band D. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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