5 Elm Way, Rickmansworth, WD3 7BD
About 5 Elm Way
5 Elm Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rickmansworth (WD3 7BD). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1037 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 96 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (130 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold June 2020 for £772,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£745/sq ft) was about 158.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
5 Elm Way sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jul 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Elm Way has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Dec 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension and replacement of flat roof above ground floor
- Documents
- 31 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/2661/FUL
- Dec 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension and replacement of flat roof above ground floor with pitched roof
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/2254/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Elm Way has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£836,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 25 years.
£772,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
11 June 2020Most recent
£772,000
31 August 2016
£768,850
+70.9%over 3 years16 May 2013
£450,000
+75.1%over 12 years8 December 2000
£257,000
+42.8%over 2 years13 October 1998
£180,000
+40.6%over 2 years8 December 1995
£128,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD3 7BD: £670,000 (2023–2014).
Everything we know about 5 Elm Way, 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 Elm Way homes
Price per m² for 5 Elm Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,014
Street avg £4,483
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 6.7 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
Parade — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB