13 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
About 13 Forest Drive
13 Forest Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 207 m² it sits well below the postcode median (373 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£763/sq ft) was about 179.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,700,000 in February 2023.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
13 Forest Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a porch application was refused at 13 Forest Drive in 2024.
- Jul 2025PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of chimney and rear extension and car port. Erection of two storey front/side extension including porch canopy, part one /two storey side extension, two storey rear extension, roof alterations including raising ridge height, two rear dormer windows side dormer window to provide roof accommodation and elevation alterations.
- Agent
- andy barrett ltd
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01780/FULL6
- Sept 2024PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Demolition of chimney. Erection of two storey front/side extension including porch canopy, part one/two storey side extension, two storey rear extension, roof alterations including raising the ridge height, three rear dormer windows, two side dormer windows to provide roof accommodation and elevational alterations.
- Agent
- andy barrett ltd
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/02777/FULL6
What's in 13 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
13 Forest Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,833,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 February 2023Most recent
£1,700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EE: £1,780,000 (2025–2020).
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Versus other Forest Drive homes
13 Forest Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,213
Street avg £5,169
Floor Area
207 m²
Street avg 411 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 10.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Rushley Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Ravens Wood School. 15 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB