3 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
About 3 Cottons Field
3 Cottons Field is a detached house in Dry Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8DG). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since August 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £518,000 sits 283.8% above the 1995 sale of £134,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 52% below the postcode norm. At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
3 Cottons Field's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Dec 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Cottons Field has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Cottons Field was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£518,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£134,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 August 1995Most recent
£134,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8DG: £500,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in CB23 8DG
6 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
Sold Feb 2022
£580,0001 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
Sold Apr 2019
£400,0007 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
Sold Sept 2018
£500,0008 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
Sold Jun 2018
£495,0004 Cottons Field, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DG
Sold Nov 2015
£560,000
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Versus other Cottons Field homes
Price per m² for 3 Cottons Field lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,499
Street avg £3,340
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.2 km
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB