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1 Drake Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4XB

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
92 m²
990 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 59
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 1 Drake Close

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

1 Drake Close is a detached house in Marchwood, Southampton, Southampton (SO40 4XB). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 92 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 70% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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 Rating

A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Drake Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4XB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at 1 Drake Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4XB

1decisions1extensions12documents3nearby
  1. Nov 2022
    Garage ConversionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Two storey · Side of property

    Two-storey side extension including a garage conversion and with front porch alterations

    ExtensionPorch
    Documents
    12 docs on file
    Reference
    22/11129
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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.

1 Drake Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.

Current estimate

£423,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 19 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£450,000

Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 19 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 14 August 2022Most recent

    £450,000

    +35.5%over 5 years

  2. 27 October 2016

    £332,000

    +50.9%over 13 years

  3. 15 May 2003

    £220,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SO40 4XB: £390,000 (2024–2011).

On the street

Versus other Drake Close homes

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

1 Drake Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,891

Street avg £3,240

Strongly above

Floor Area

92 m²

Street avg 119 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.0 t/year

Street avg 3.5 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Southampton district page.
Full Southampton report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Old Cracknore Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Marchwood Junior School. 8 schools nearby.

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SO40 4XB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SO40 4XB

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SO40 4XB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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