What kind of home is 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU last sold for £410,000 in March 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £84,000 in February 1995. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between February 1995 and March 2021, 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU rose from £84,000 to £410,000, a change of £326,000. That works out to roughly +6.3% per year compounded over 26 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU have?

The current EPC rating for 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU is D with a score of 55 out of 100, lodged in September 2020. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (1,163 sq ft), around 36 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 41% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CH61 1AU. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU use?

The latest EPC at 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU had any planning applications?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in October 2002 under ref. APP/02/06639. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What is the council tax band for 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU is in council tax band E.

Which area is 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU in?

20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU sits in Heswall, Wirral, Wirral. It falls within the CH61 postcode district.

What is crime like near 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

Police records around 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 7 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 73% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

The closest primary school to 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU is Thingwall Primary School (1.2km), one of 9 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Pensby High School (2.3km), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU?

The closest bus stop to 20 Holmwood Drive, CH61 1AU is Holmwood Drive, 160m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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20 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU

3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

108 m²

1163 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 55

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 20 Holmwood Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

20 Holmwood Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Heswall, Wirral, Wirral (CH61 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £512,000 is 24.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 50.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £410,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms3
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenSouth-facing
GarageDetached
Summer houseYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

20 Holmwood Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

D55

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

6.1 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 20 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Sept 2002
ExtensionFull
In report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Raise height of roof to increase first floor living accommodation and erection of single storey rear extension to replace conservatory.
Documents
6 docs on file
Reference
APP/02/06639
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What's in 20 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for 20 Holmwood Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.

Current estimate

£512,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 26 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£410,000

Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

12 March 2021Most recent
£410,000
+82.2%over 18 years
2 December 2002
£225,000
+167.9%over 7 years
10 February 1995
£84,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH61 1AU: £625,000 (2025–2019).

Nearby sales in CH61 1AU

On the street

Versus other Holmwood Drive homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

20 Holmwood Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,796

Street avg £3,163

Strongly above

Floor Area

108 m²

Street avg 156 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.1 t/year

Street avg 5.3 t/year

On par

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Wirral district page.

Full Wirral report

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.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH61 1AU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CH61 1AU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.1dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

Common questions

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