37 The Crescent, Watford, WD18 0AD

37 The Crescent is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD18 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 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 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 sits 85.5% above the 2005 sale of £207,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 60% below the postcode norm.