46 Hillrise Avenue, Watford, WD24 7NR

46 Hillrise Avenue is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 7NR). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £515,242 in October 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.