Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Japonica Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Leegomery, Telford, Telford (TF1 6XD). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since September 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £214,000 sits 365.2% above the 1997 sale of £46,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 60.3% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 17 November 2031
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3 Japonica Drive has no planning applications on record.
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3 Japonica Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£214,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£46,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
4 September 1997Most recent
£46,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TF1 6XD: £160,000 (2026–2014).
16 Japonica Drive, Leegomery, Telford, TF1 6XD
Sold Apr 2026
4 Japonica Drive, Leegomery, Telford, TF1 6XD
Sold Dec 2019
5 Japonica Drive, Leegomery, Telford, TF1 6XD
Sold Sept 2019
11 Japonica Drive, Leegomery, Telford, TF1 6XD
Sold Jan 2015
12 Japonica Drive, Leegomery, Telford, TF1 6XD
Sold May 2012
3 Japonica Drive is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£676
Street avg £1,881
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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Nearest stop
0.1 km
Barnes Wallis Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Apley Wood Primary Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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