33 Brightwell Road, Watford, WD18 0HR
About 33 Brightwell Road
33 Brightwell Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD18 0HR). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 35.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £555,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
- Summer houseYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
33 Brightwell Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Erection of a new canopy roof to span front elevation
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00256/FULH
- Mar 2014ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.5 m, for which the maximum height would be 3.55 m and the height of the eaves would be 2.55 m.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00249/HPD
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 33 Brightwell Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£564,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£555,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 November 2022Most recent
£555,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD18 0HR: £357,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in WD18 0HR
Everything we know about 33 Brightwell 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
Versus other Brightwell Road homes
33 Brightwell Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,205
Street avg £4,364
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brightwell Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Laurance Haines School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB