49 Bembridge Place, Linden Lea, Watford, WD25 7DN

49 Bembridge Place is a mid-terrace house in Watford (WD25 7DN). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (June 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 47 m² this is the 8th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–51 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 79).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £158,000. Across the public record there are 6 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 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 is 31% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 41.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.