Maple Cottage, The Drift, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JN
About Maple Cottage
Maple Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JN). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Today's modelled estimate of £618,000 is 14.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 95.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £540,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Garagedouble
- LandYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2013FullIn report
Extensions
- Agent
- Emms
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Reference
- S/2564/12/FL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Maple Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£618,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£540,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 January 2021Most recent
£540,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4JN: £325,000 (2017–2010).
Nearby sales in CB23 4JN
Ty 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
£265,00017 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 Maple Cottage, 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
Price per m² for Maple Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,576
Street avg £1,983
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 163 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB