25 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE

25 Forest Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 246 m² (around 2648 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 14 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 246 m² it sits well below the postcode median (373 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,262,000 is 15.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£740/sq ft) was about 177% above the typical sold price in the postcode.