144 Balmoral Road, Watford, WD24 4EY

144 Balmoral Road is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 4EY). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2014. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 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 292.2% above the 1998 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 58.6% below the postcode norm. 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. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).