17 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
About 17 The Drift
17 The Drift is a three-bedroom detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JN). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Across 2000–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 sits 67.5% above the 2012 sale of £268,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 19.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. At 122 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (160 m² median across 8 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 The Drift has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Mar 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single Storey Extension
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0117/16/FL
- Mar 2016ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (materials) of planning reference S/1317/15/FL for single storey side extension to facilitate a hobby room
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2595/15/DC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
17 The Drift valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 12 years.
£268,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
30 November 2012Most recent
£268,000
+10.3%over 7 years6 October 2005
£243,000
+51.9%over 5 years17 August 2000
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4JN: £405,000 (2021–2010).
Nearby sales in CB23 4JN
Maple Cottage, The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Jan 2021
£540,000Ty Draig, The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Feb 2017
£449,0003 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Nov 2015
£325,0001 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold May 2013
£265,000Woodland House, The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Jul 2010
£405,000
Everything we know about 17 The Drift, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other The Drift homes
Habitable Rooms for 17 The Drift lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,197
Street avg £2,180
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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.
Closest school
0.6 km
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB