Rosecroft, Leaford Crescent, Watford, WD24 5JQ

Rosecroft is a detached house in Watford (WD24 5JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2014. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 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 £461,000 sits 540.3% above the 1995 sale of £72,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 78.5% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).