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Acre House 3 5, Flat 5, Hyde Road, Watford, WD17 4WP

EPC B
Property type
Semi-detached
Floor 01
Habitable rooms
2
From EPC
Floor area
34 m²
366 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 81
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About Acre House 3 5

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Acre House 3 5 is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD17 4WP). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Acre House 3 5 (34–73 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (81 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (March 2025) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2021 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

Across 2020–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 26.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 90.9% below the 2021 sale of £2,280,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. At 34 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (43 m² median across 7 EPCs). Last sale on file: £2,280,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Acre House 3 5's carbon output is low for the local stock.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Mar 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
B81
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
0.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Mar 2025from Jul 2021
EPC improved fromC78toB81
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Acre House 3 5, Flat 5, Hyde Road, Watford, WD17 4WP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Acre House 3 5 has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

3applications of note in the surrounding area

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£208,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 26.4% per year over 2 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£2,280,000

Growth on file: 26.4% per year over 2 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 November 2021Most recent

    £2,280,000

    +49.5%over 1 year
  2. 9 March 2020

    £1,525,000

On the street

Versus other Hyde Road homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, Acre House 3 5 runs well behind the street norm.

EPC Rating

81 (B)

Street avg 81 (B)

On par

Floor Area

34 m²

Street avg 50 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

0.7 t/year

Street avg 1.0 t/year

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

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Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Acre House 3 5

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Area

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

10/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Town Hall — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Lanchester Primary School. 37 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WD17 4WP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for WD17 4WP

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for WD17 4WP

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

45.2dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Acre House 3 5, Flat 5, Hyde Road, Watford, WD17 4WP. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.