34 Granville Road, Watford, WD18 0AH
About 34 Granville Road
34 Granville Road is a detached house in Watford (WD18 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 110% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold March 2022 for £605,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
34 Granville Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A HMO conversion application was refused at 34 Granville Road in 2022.
- Sept 2024ConservatoryFullIn report
Retrospective erection of conservatory
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00617/FUL
- Aug 2022HMOAmendmentIn report
Change of Use from Class C4 (HMO) to Large HMO (Sui-Generis) to accommodate more than 6 occupants.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00724/COU
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 34 Granville Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£641,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£605,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 March 2022Most recent
£605,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD18 0AH: £587,500 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in WD18 0AH
Everything we know about 34 Granville Road, 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
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Granville Road homes
On habitable rooms, 34 Granville Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,645
Street avg £2,419
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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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
King Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Watford Grammar School for Girls. 37 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.3dB