25 Francis Road, Watford, WD18 0QE
About 25 Francis Road
25 Francis Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD18 0QE). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 143% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 89 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 24 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold November 2022 for £480,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
25 Francis Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
7applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 15 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
4 November 2022Most recent
£480,000
+92.0%over 15 years30 October 2007
£249,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD18 0QE: £405,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in WD18 0QE
Everything we know about 25 Francis 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 Francis Road homes
25 Francis Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,393
Street avg £2,505
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
Marlborough Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Chater Junior School. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.5dB