1 Hawthorn Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in West Kirby, Wirral, Wirral (CH48 9XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since June 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 sits 258.4% above the 2001 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 51.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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1 Hawthorn Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 Hawthorn Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£448,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
Price per m² for 1 Hawthorn Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,042
Street avg £2,799
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed demolition of existing single storey garage and small side lean-to roof. Construction of proposed 2 storey side extension
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side and rear extension.
What's in 1 Hawthorn Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 9XJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
29 June 2001Most recent
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH48 9XJ: £340,000 (2024–2017).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
CH48 9YH
Bracken Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hilbre High School. 13 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB