What type of property is 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR is a 2-bedroom detached house.

What did 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR sell for?

18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR last sold for £350,000 in September 2025. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £85,000 in December 1995. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

Across 3 sales between December 1995 and September 2025, 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR rose from £85,000 to £350,000, a change of £265,000. That works out to roughly +4.9% per year compounded over 30 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

The current EPC rating for 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR is E with a score of 48 out of 100, lodged in January 2025. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (1,163 sq ft), around 54 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 17% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in PL9 8LR. Source: EPC Register.

How is 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR heated?

The latest EPC at 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR is in council tax band E.

Where is 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR located?

18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR sits in Plymouth. It falls within the PL9 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

Police records around 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR show an average of 1 reported crimes per month over the last 3 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 67% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

The closest primary school to 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR is Goosewell Primary Academy (350m), one of 7 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Coombe Dean School (178m), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR?

The closest bus stop to 18 Douglas Drive, PL9 8LR is Coombe Dean School, 161m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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18 Douglas Drive, Plymouth, PL9 8LR

3 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

108 m²

1163 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 48

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 18 Douglas Drive

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

18 Douglas Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Plymouth (PL9 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

At 108 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £350,000 in September 2025. Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 17.4% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 29.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes

Outside

Private gardenSouth-facing
GarageYes

Building

ConciergeYes
RefurbishedYes

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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.

18 Douglas Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

E48

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

6.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Douglas Drive, Plymouth, PL9 8LR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

18 Douglas Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

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Price

Sales history & valuation

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

18 Douglas Drive has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.

Current estimate

£411,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 30 years.

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Last sold (2025)

£350,000

Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 30 years.

Sales timeline

4 September 2025Most recent
£350,000
+84.7%over 22 years
28 October 2002
£189,500
+122.9%over 6 years
12 December 1995
£85,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PL9 8LR: £410,000 (2025–2020).

Nearby sales in PL9 8LR

On the street

Versus other Douglas Drive homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

18 Douglas Drive is notably below the street on habitable rooms.

Price per m²

£3,241

Street avg £2,895

On par

Floor Area

108 m²

Street avg 104 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.7 t/year

Street avg 4.1 t/year

Strongly below

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Comparables

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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 Plymouth district page.

Full Plymouth report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

1/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Coombe Dean School — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Coombe Dean School. 9 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PL9 8LR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for PL9 8LR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.7dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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Common questions

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