2 Bateson Drive, Leavesden, Watford, WD25 7NB

2 Bateson Drive is a detached house in Leavesden, Watford, Watford (WD25 7NB). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012-2021 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 54 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £742,000 sits 81% above the 2021 sale of £409,980. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £409,980. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.