17 Harris Road, Watford, WD25 0AX
About 17 Harris Road
17 Harris Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Watford (WD25 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 is 24.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£478/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
17 Harris Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Harris Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2017ExtensionOutlineIn 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 6m for which the maximum height would be 3.3m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.9m.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01557/HPD
What's in 17 Harris Road, Watford, WD25 0AX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
17 Harris Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£360,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 October 2017Most recent
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD25 0AX: £333,000 (2024–2012).
Versus other Harris Road homes
17 Harris Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,143
Street avg £4,715
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rushton Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Kingsway Junior School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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