5 Villiers Road, Watford, WD19 4AG

5 Villiers Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Watford (WD19 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold December 2025 for £830,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2000–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£593/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.