18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
About 18 Holmwood Drive
18 Holmwood Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Heswall, Wirral, Wirral (CH61 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 121 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (173 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 20.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- DrivewayYes
- Summer houseYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
18 Holmwood 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 18 Holmwood Drive.
- Sept 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear ground floor extension to replace existing, with new first floor above, and improved forward-facing dormers.
- Agent
- Jones and Wathen Ltd
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/18/00867
- Feb 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of a single storey extension.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/05/07677
What's in 18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£475,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.0% per year over 3 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 12.0% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
10 December 2021Most recent
£395,000
+37.2%over 2 years26 February 2019
£288,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH61 1AU: £625,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in CH61 1AU
24 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
Sold Sept 2025
£645,0008 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
Sold Aug 2021
£681,15020 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
Sold Mar 2021
£410,00016 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
Sold Dec 2019
£425,0006 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU
Sold Mar 2019
£250,000
Versus other Holmwood Drive homes
18 Holmwood Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,264
Street avg £3,269
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Holmwood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Thingwall Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB








