27 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
About 27 Forest Drive
27 Forest Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 276 m² (around 2971 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 276 m² it's 26% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (373 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,835,000 is 41.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£438/sq ft) was about 60.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in September 2016.
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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
Energy performance
27 Forest Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
27 Forest Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2014TreesIn report
Raise the canopy to height of 7m of 1 Oak in the front garden.
- Agent
- Bartlett Tree Experts
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/02713/TREE
- Jun 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00933/FULL6
What's in 27 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
27 Forest Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,835,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 September 2016Most recent
£1,300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EE: £1,725,000 (2025–2021).
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Versus other Forest Drive homes
27 Forest Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,710
Street avg £5,388
Floor Area
276 m²
Street avg 407 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 10.7 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