23 Leggatts Way, Watford, WD24 5NE
About 23 Leggatts Way
23 Leggatts Way is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 5NE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£694/sq ft) was about 291.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 7 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold November 2022 for £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- May 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Retrospective application for the erection of a first floor rear extension
Retrospective- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00405/FULH
- Mar 2019SubdivisionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Extend first floor rear extension and convert dwelling house into 2no. two bed flats
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00225/FUL
What's in 23 Leggatts Way, Watford, WD24 5NE's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Leggatts Way was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£684,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 17 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£650,000
+170.8%over 5 years5 October 2017
£240,000
+23.1%over 11 years20 January 2006
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD24 5NE: £275,000 (2017–2007).
Nearby sales in WD24 5NE
Versus other Leggatts Way homes
Price per m² for 23 Leggatts Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,471
Street avg £2,631
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Churchfields Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Orchard Primary School. 31 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB








