17 Osborne Road, Watford, WD24 7BA
About 17 Osborne Road
17 Osborne Road is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 7BA). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a loft conversion application was refused at 17 Osborne Road in 2025.
- Oct 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey side and rear extension
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00798/FULH
- Aug 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
The erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6.00m for which the maximum height would be 3.00m and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.00m
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00675/HPD
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Sales history & valuation
17 Osborne Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD24 7BA: £420,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in WD24 7BA
Versus other Osborne Road homes
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
Windsor Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Parkgate Junior School. 32 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB








