5 Birkdale Drive, Folkestone CT19 5LP

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 45 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£735
per year at grade C
£588
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £496 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 May 2017£240,000

Estimated today: £325,950 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Birkdale Drive: 46 sales since 1995 · £305,063 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Folkestone PrimaryPrimary0.3 mi
Morehall Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.6 mi
Stella Maris Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Folkestone AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -1.11 · well below average (2023/24)
Turner Free SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.55 · well below average (2023/24)
The Harvey Grammar SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

26.8
crimes a month
295
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024516, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Birkdale Drive

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
65.5
average score
C
most common grade
+3.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.