51 Bowring Green, Watford, WD19 6UP
About 51 Bowring Green
51 Bowring Green is a mid-terrace house in Watford (WD19 6UP). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Held since January 2001 — that's 25 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 £408,000 sits 269.2% above the 2001 sale of £110,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 23.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 8 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Jun 2011SubdivisionFullIn report
Proposed conversion of existing house into 2/3 bedroom house and new bedsit
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/0782/FUL
- Nov 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Two storey side extension and single storey side and front extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/1550/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
51 Bowring Green's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£110,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 January 2001Most recent
£110,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD19 6UP: £175,000 (2021–2003).
Nearby sales in WD19 6UP
Versus other Bowring Green homes
On price per m², 51 Bowring Green runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,579
Street avg £3,617
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Ashridge Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Greenfields Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB








