68 Villiers Road, Watford, WD19 4AJ

68 Villiers Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD19 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 sits 505.4% above the 1995 sale of £74,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 65.3% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 25 EPCs).