5 Beech Road, Watford, WD24 6NZ

5 Beech Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 6NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £566,000 sits 54% above the 2015 sale of £367,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 32.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.