What type of property is 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What did 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ sell for?

23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ last sold for £340,000 in April 2021, around 5 years ago. Before that, it sold for £314,995 in August 2016, so prices have been rising over 5 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ changed over time?

Across 2 sales between August 2016 and April 2021, 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ rose from £314,995 to £340,000, a change of £25,005. That works out to roughly +1.6% per year compounded over 5 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

The current EPC rating for 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ is B with a score of 83 out of 100, lodged in July 2016. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (1,044 sq ft), around 32 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 20% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CO3 0AQ. Source: EPC Register.

How is 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ heated?

The latest EPC at 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ is in council tax band D.

Where is 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ located?

23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ sits in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester. It falls within the CO3 postcode district in Essex.

How safe is the area around 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

Police records around 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ show an average of 5 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 48% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

The closest primary school to 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ is Stanway Primary School (966m), one of 10 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is The Stanway School (1.2km), with 4 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ?

The closest bus stop to 23 Dragonfly Drift, CO3 0AQ is Warren Farm, 133m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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23 Dragonfly Drift, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0AQ

EPC B

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

97 m²

1044 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 83

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 23 Dragonfly Drift

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

23 Dragonfly Drift is a three-bedroom detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft) and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).

Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £406,000 is 19.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£326/sq ft) was about 15.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 97 m² it's 18.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 20 EPCs). Sold April 2021 for £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jul 2026

EPC Rating

B83

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

1.6 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 23 Dragonfly Drift, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0AQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

23 Dragonfly Drift has no planning applications on record.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£406,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.6% per year over 5 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£340,000

Growth on file: 1.6% per year over 5 years.

Sales timeline

15 April 2021Most recent
£340,000
+7.9%over 4 years
11 August 2016
£314,995

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 0AQ: £450,000 (2024–2019).

Nearby sales in CO3 0AQ

On the street

Versus other Dragonfly Drift homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 23 Dragonfly Drift lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,505

Street avg £3,237

Strongly above

Floor Area

97 m²

Street avg 123 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

1.6 t/year

Street avg 1.9 t/year

Strongly above

Years Held

5 years

Street avg 8 years

Strongly below

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Crime

5/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Warren Farm — bus stop.

Closest school

1.0 km

Stanway Primary School. 14 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO3 0AQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.3dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CO3 0AQ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

47.3dB

Low

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60 dB

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