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3 Leaper Cottages, The Green, Letchmore Heath, Watford, WD25 8ES

4 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Mid terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
58 m²
624 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 3 Leaper Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

3 Leaper Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Letchmore Heath, Watford, Watford (WD25 8ES). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

Last sale on file: £582,000 in November 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£932/sq ft) was about 116.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 3 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
Before you decide

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 Leaper Cottages, The Green, Letchmore Heath, Watford, WD25 8ES, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Mar 2022
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    T1 CHERRY. Fell.

    Agent
    Bartlett Tree Experts
    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    22/0213/TRC
    View planning record
Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 3 Leaper Cottages

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.

Current estimate

£600,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 20 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2019)

£582,000

Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 November 2019Most recent

    £582,000

    +71.6%over 12 years

  2. 5 January 2007

    £339,250

    +15.0%over 1 year

  3. 11 March 2005

    £295,000

    +76.1%over 5 years

  4. 5 August 1999

    £167,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in WD25 8ES: £349,950 (2017–2005).

On the street

Versus other The Green homes

Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, 3 Leaper Cottages runs well behind the street norm.

EPC Rating

51 (E)

Street avg 63 (D)

Below

Floor Area

58 m²

Street avg 182 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.2 t/year

Street avg 6.3 t/year

Above

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 3 Leaper Cottages

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£750k

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2 bed
£450k

1 Letchmore Cottages, Common Lane, Letchmore Heath

WD25 8EE

2 bed2 bath
£600k

1 Back Lane, Letchmore Heath

WD25 8EF

1 bed1 bath
£609k

1 Landor Cottages, Back Lane, Letchmore Heath

WD25 8EL

3 bed1 bath
£625k

1 Dairy Cottages, Church Lane, Aldenham

WD25 8AL

3 bed
£575k

1 Church Cottages, Church Lane, Aldenham

WD25 8BA

1 bed
£891k

1 Middle Down, Aldenham

WD25 8BW

3 bed2 bath
£1.2m

1 Holbrook Gardens, Aldenham

WD25 8AB

3 bed2 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Watford district page.
Full Watford report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.9 km

Roundbush Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

1.5 km

Fair Field Junior School. 9 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WD25 8ES from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for WD25 8ES

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for WD25 8ES

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 3 Leaper Cottages, The Green, Letchmore Heath, Watford, WD25 8ES. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.