8 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
About 8 Chorleywood Bottom
8 Chorleywood Bottom is a detached house in Rickmansworth (WD3 5JB). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in July 2006. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £878,000 sits 90.9% above the 2006 sale of £460,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Planning history
- Mar 2011
- Mar 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Amendment to planning permission 06/1427/FUL: Accommodation in the roof space with front and rear dormer windows, and first floor front and single storey side and rear extensions and demolition of existing garage to include a 850mm extension to new garage
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/0183/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
8 Chorleywood Bottom has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£878,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.4% per year over 10 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 12.4% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
6 July 2006Most recent
£460,000
+211.9%over 9 years17 October 1996
£147,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD3 5JB: £535,000 (2024–2013).
Nearby sales in WD3 5JB
3 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
Sold Jul 2024
£390,00010 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
Sold Jan 2019
£535,0006 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
Sold Jan 2018
£640,0009 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
Sold May 2013
£661,0005 Chorleywood Bottom, Rickmansworth, WD3 5JB
Sold Feb 2004
£447,000
Everything we know about 8 Chorleywood Bottom, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chorleywood Bottom homes
8 Chorleywood Bottom is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,087
Street avg £5,439
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Capell Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Chorleywood Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB