5 Cole Road, Watford, WD17 4QR

5 Cole Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD17 4QR). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for new windows is awaiting a decision. At 71 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£628/sq ft) was about 107.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £480,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.