Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
20 Fairlawns is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD17 4UH). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from July 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 42 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 77.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Jul 2026
Certificate validity
Expired on 20 July 2026
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20 Fairlawns has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£368,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 23 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 23 years.
3 October 2021Most recent
£370,000
-2.4%over 5 years30 August 2016
£379,000
+340.7%over 18 years16 August 1998
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD17 4UH: £245,000 (2025–2024).
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Sold Jul 2025
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Sold Jun 2025
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Sold Mar 2025
23 Fairlawns, Langley Road, Watford, WD17 4UH
Sold Sept 2024
45 Fairlawns, Langley Road, Watford, WD17 4UH
Sold Aug 2024
On co₂ emissions, 20 Fairlawns runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,405
Street avg £3,993
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
266/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Wentworth Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Nascot Wood Junior School. 35 schools nearby.
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