Deacons Croft, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3QZ

Deacons Croft is a five-bedroom detached house in Elstree, Borehamwood, Borehamwood (WD6 3QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 250 m² (around 2691 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £2,237,000 sits 236.4% above the 1998 sale of £665,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm. At 250 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (299 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.