4 Wards Drive, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, WD3 6AE
About 4 Wards Drive
4 Wards Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Sarratt, Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (WD3 6AE). It has a recorded floor area of 299 m² (around 3222 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows a C (score 71). The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in June 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 2005–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,880,000 sits 52.8% above the 2009 sale of £1,230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 15% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
4 Wards Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Feb 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 4 Wards Drive.
- Aug 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Single storey and two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/1280/FUL
- Jan 2012FullIn report
Use of part of 'buffer zone' as residential curtilage including erection of wooden summerhouse
- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/2254/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£1,880,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 4 years.
£1,230,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
25 June 2009Most recent
£1,230,000
+9.3%over 3 years9 December 2005
£1,125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD3 6AE: £1,150,000 (2021–2005).
Everything we know about 4 Wards Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Wards Drive homes
4 Wards Drive outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,109
Street avg £4,076
Floor Area
299 m²
Street avg 319 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
The Boot PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sarratt Church of England Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB