4 Ash Tree Road, Watford, WD24 6RT

4 Ash Tree Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 6RT). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 41 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (71 versus a worst of 51). The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £223,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £247,000 is 10.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 87.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.