57 Balmoral Road, Watford, WD24 4ES

57 Balmoral Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 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 £487,000 sits 199.7% above the 2001 sale of £162,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 33.1% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² it's 15% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 8 EPCs).