16 Wiggenhall Road, Watford, WD18 0AL

16 Wiggenhall Road is an end-of-terrace house in Watford (WD18 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. At 45 m² this is the 4th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (80 versus a worst of 21). The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£857/sq ft) was about 350.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £415,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.