40 The Crescent, Watford, WD18 0AD
About 40 The Crescent
40 The Crescent is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD18 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 40 The Crescent.
- Jul 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Erection of part single and part two storey rear extensions
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00535/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
40 The Crescent has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£437,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD18 0AD: £250,000 (2023–2006).
Everything we know about 40 The Crescent, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Watford High Street Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Watford Grammar School for Girls. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.3dB