1 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN
About 1 Beechwood Drive
1 Beechwood Drive is a seven-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6HN). It has a recorded floor area of 375 m² (around 4036 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 375 m² the property is well over the postcode median (215 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Most recent transfer: January 2024 at £1,720,000.
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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
- Bedrooms7
- Bathrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- GarageDouble, Integral
Energy performance
1 Beechwood Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 1 Beechwood Drive.
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to existing lounge and kitchen/dining area including covered garden terrace area
- Agent
- WA Architects
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/03351/FULL6
- Nov 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Woodward Ambrose Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/04235/FULL6
What's in 1 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Beechwood Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,846,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 20 years.
£1,720,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
10 January 2024Most recent
£1,720,000
+43.3%over 16 years19 July 2007
£1,200,000
+86.0%over 3 years27 June 2004
£645,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6HN: £1,437,500 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in BR2 6HN
Everything we know about 1 Beechwood Drive, in one report
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Versus other Beechwood Drive homes
1 Beechwood Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,587
Street avg £5,522
Floor Area
375 m²
Street avg 221 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 8.7 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
0.1 km
Rushley Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Keston Church of England Primary School. 14 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
49.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB