1 Banks Road, Borehamwood, WD6 5QR
About 1 Banks Road
1 Banks Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Borehamwood (WD6 5QR). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
At 56 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£665/sq ft) was about 129.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £401,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
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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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2013ConversionFullIn report
Converting the parking space into a garage.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- TP/13/0244
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2003.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 18 years.
£401,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
16 March 2021Most recent
£401,000
+126.6%over 17 years10 April 2003
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WD6 5QR: £278,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in WD6 5QR
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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 Banks Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 1 Banks Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,161
Street avg £5,394
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 42 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Banks Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Elstree Screen Arts Academy. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB