26 Sherwoods Road, Watford, WD19 4AZ

26 Sherwoods Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD19 4AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1057 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 sits 51.9% above the 2011 sale of £406,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in June 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.