1 Gables Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 4SP
About 1 Gables Avenue
1 Gables Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Borehamwood (WD6 4SP). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 101 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £691,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£561/sq ft) was about 71.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £610,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Risks
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Trends
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What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a rear extension application was refused at 1 Gables Avenue in 2025.
- Aug 2025ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Retention of single storey rear conservatory (Retrospective).
- Agent
- Unique Designers Ltd
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0588/HSE
- Aug 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part demolition of existing ground floor areas and rear conservatory. Construction of a part single, part two storey side and rear extension with alterations to fenestration, new front porch canopy and erection of a single storey detached outbuilding to rear garden (Amended plans received 02.06.23 and 02.08.23).
- Agent
- Unique Designers Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/0209/HSE
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Gables Avenue has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£691,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 25 years.
£610,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
10 March 2022Most recent
£610,000
+351.9%over 24 years10 July 1997
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 4SP: £636,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in WD6 4SP
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Versus other Gables Avenue homes
On floor area, 1 Gables Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,040
Street avg £4,582
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
0.1 km
Stratfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St Teresa Catholic Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB