14 Essex Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1BP
About 14 Essex Road
14 Essex Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Borehamwood (WD6 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 sits 60.9% above the 2022 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 55.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
14 Essex Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Mar 2022Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of a single storey rear extension. Conversion of loft to habitable room to include rear dormer and 2 x front roof lights. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).
- Agent
- CA Ltd (uk)
Extension- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0163/CLP
- Mar 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of a single storey rear extension. Depth: 4.50m, Height: 3.66m, Eaves: 2.50m.
- Agent
- CA Ltd (UK)
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0167/PD42
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 14 Essex Road
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.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£547,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 January 2022Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 1BP: £510,000 (2024–2020).
Everything we know about 14 Essex Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Essex Road homes
On epc rating, 14 Essex Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,857
Street avg £4,543
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Furzehill Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Teresa Catholic Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB