1 Cole Road, Watford, WD17 4QR

1 Cole Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 4QR). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1161 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at -4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £569,000 sits 81.8% above the 2010 sale of £313,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.