52 Hillrise Avenue, Watford, WD24 7NR
About 52 Hillrise Avenue
52 Hillrise Avenue is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD24 7NR). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£901/sq ft) was about 148% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 August 2032
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Planning history
52 Hillrise Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 52 Hillrise Avenue, Watford, WD24 7NR
- Jul 2024ExtensionOutlineOutcome in 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 4.00m for which the maximum height would be 3.90m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.70m
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00468/HPD
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£508,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 November 2022Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD24 7NR: £591,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in WD24 7NR
Versus other Hillrise Avenue homes
On price per m², 52 Hillrise Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£9,694
Street avg £5,159
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
123/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Douglas Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Knutsford Primary Academy. 31 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.9dB