154 Balmoral Road, Watford, WD24 4EY
About 154 Balmoral Road
154 Balmoral Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 4EY). 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 (September 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 65 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 is 26% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£522/sq ft) was about 65% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2020 for £365,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
154 Balmoral Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Aug 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a first floor rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00690/FULH
- Apr 2020ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m for which the maximum height would be 3m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3m
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00331/HPD
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£365,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 February 2020Most recent
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD24 4EY: £495,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in WD24 4EY
Everything we know about 154 Balmoral Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Balmoral Road homes
On epc rating, 154 Balmoral Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,615
Street avg £4,900
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Eastfield Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Knutsford Primary Academy. 33 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB