426 St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 6PJ
About 426 St Albans Road
426 St Albans Road is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 6PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 144.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £455,000 in July 2024.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
426 St Albans Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 426 St Albans Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£483,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 25 years.
£455,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
21 July 2024Most recent
£455,000
+82.0%over 8 years27 November 2015
£250,000
-10.7%over 11 years5 September 2004
£280,000
+133.3%over 4 years13 August 2000
£120,000
+37.9%over 1 year21 July 1999
£87,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD24 6PJ: £200,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in WD24 6PJ
Versus other St Albans Road homes
Price per m² for 426 St Albans Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,417
Street avg £3,310
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
Bushey Mill Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Parkgate Junior School. 31 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB