47 Briar Road, Watford, WD25 0HW
About 47 Briar Road
47 Briar Road is a semi-detached house in Watford (WD25 0HW). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2005–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £654,000 is 18.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2018, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 5 September 2027
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Planning history
1 application on record at 47 Briar Road, Watford, WD25 0HW
- Nov 2014PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Demolish existing garage and erect a single storey rear and side extension incorporating the rebuilding of the garage, with the addition of a single storey front porch.
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00884/FULH
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 47 Briar Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£654,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 12 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
12 January 2018Most recent
£550,000
+139.1%over 12 years9 December 2005
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD25 0HW: £505,000 (2025–2019).
Versus other Briar Road homes
47 Briar Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,135
Street avg £3,914
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Crime
214/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Kingswood Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Kingsway Junior School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB