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79, Hempstead Road, Watford is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 2,503 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 443 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 5 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 79, Hempstead Road, Watford is £1,097,993 and its rental estimate is £5,520 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 falls within the WD17 postal district, in the borough of Watford.
79, Hempstead Road, Watford has a single entry in the Land Registry from August 2010 and a single entry in the EPC database dated May 2010.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, we estimate a market value of £1,152,893 and a rental value of £5,796 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £1,021,134 and £5,133 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 79, Hempstead Road, Watford has seen its estimated sale value decline by £21,807 (2.0%) and its estimated rental value climb by £81 per month (1.5%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.0%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 79, Hempstead Road, Watford as measuring 443 m2.
That makes it the 7th largest plot in the postcode, where all 8 other houses have recorded plot data.
79, Hempstead Road, Watford has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of B. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 13 May 2010.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 79, Hempstead Road, Watford completed on 12th August 2010 at £785,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 29.9% over the period since August 2010.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 79, Hempstead Road, Watford have sold within a radius of 570 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 8th August 2025, was 23, Alexandra Road, Watford, WD17 4QX, a freehold house which sold for £955,000.
Read more about house prices in WD17.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 400 addresses on Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17, 79, Hempstead Road, Watford comes out as the 43rd largest and the 81st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £558k more expensive than the average property across the WD17 district.
From 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, the nearest station is Watford Junction, 800 metres away.
Broadband here reaches ultrafast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Ultrafast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, 53.9% of property is privately owned outright and 29.7% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, 16.2% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 53.2% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, the average age was 40.1 and the most common age was 47.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, 4.3% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 79, Hempstead Road, Watford, there are an average of 1.3 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.