17 Sherwoods Road, Watford, WD19 4AY
About 17 Sherwoods Road
17 Sherwoods Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Watford (WD19 4AY). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,115,000 is 18.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£539/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (August 2017).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDetached
Energy performance
17 Sherwoods Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees under TPO No.261 T6 - Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) Approx Height - 13m Location - Rear garden left hand boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work required- crown reduce (just above previous points) by removing approximately 2- 2.5m from all over as guidance but pruning to suitable growth points to maintain trees best form. Raise the lower crown to approximately 5.2m over the road only Reason - as part of continued maintenance to control and contain - T5 - Yew (taxus baccatta) Approx Height - 8m Location - Rear garden left hand boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work required- crown reduce by removing approximately 1-1.5m from all over as guidance but pruning to suitable growth points to maintain trees best form Reason - as per clients wishes to form a more compact tree and to contain overall size of tree for size of the garden
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00325/TPO
- Nov 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T6 Horse Chestnut - proposed crown reduction of 4m where it overhangs the public footpath and T5 Yew - proposed crown reduction of 3m (TPO. 261)
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01009/TPO
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Sales history & valuation
17 Sherwoods Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,115,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£940,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 August 2017Most recent
£940,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD19 4AY: £730,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in WD19 4AY
Versus other Sherwoods Road homes
17 Sherwoods Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,802
Street avg £3,999
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 185 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sherwoods Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bromet Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB








