Flat 5, 255 St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 5BQ

Flat 5 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Watford (WD24 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £215,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 40 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 19 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£499/sq ft) was about 47.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.