Heath Cottage, Common Lane, Letchmore Heath, Watford, WD25 8EE

Heath Cottage is a detached house in Letchmore Heath, Watford, Watford (WD25 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£748/sq ft) was about 37% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2020 at £1,160,000.