3 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
About 3 The Drift
3 The Drift is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JN). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £388,000 is 19.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 86.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (November 2015).
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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
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
3 The Drift's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jul 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 The Drift has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2016Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Side extension conversion of garage to living accommodation and replacement of flat roof on existing side projection with pitched roof.
- Agent
- Thirteen One Limited
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1206/16/FL
- Jun 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1009/14/FL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£388,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 15 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
25 November 2015Most recent
£325,000
+185.1%over 14 years3 May 2001
£114,000
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
£449,0001 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold May 2013
£265,00017 The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Nov 2012
£268,000Woodland House, The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
Sold Jul 2010
£405,000
Everything we know about 3 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
On epc rating, 3 The Drift runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,421
Street avg £2,006
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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.
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
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB