Chess Place, Troutstream Way, Loudwater, Rickmansworth, WD3 4LA

Chess Place is a six-bedroom detached house in Loudwater, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 4LA). It has a recorded floor area of 529 m² (around 5694 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (April 2023) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since March 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 529 m² the property is well over the postcode median (204 m² across 14 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. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £3,278,000 sits 122.2% above the 2007 sale of £1,475,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 35.4% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.