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The Driftway, IP4

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£244,250
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,293
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
10
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£110,000£550,000
Sales recorded
2006 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

The Driftway is mostly detached houses. The median sale price, £244,250, sits close to the IP4 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,293 per square metre, above the district's £2,898. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; IP4 prices as a whole have held broadly level. With 10 sales across 7 homes since 2006, homes here come to market only rarely.

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The Driftway prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 10 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianIP4 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k20102015202020252006: £196,000 median · 1 sale2007: £240,000 median · 1 sale2009: £147,500 median · 1 sale2014: £110,000 median · 1 sale2015: £310,000 median · 1 sale2016: £220,000 median · 1 sale2018: £248,500 median · 1 sale2021: £415,000 median · 2 sales2022: £410,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the IP4 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How The Driftway compares

The Driftway against the IP4 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Colchester Road£336k · 70
Rushmere Road£295k · 57
Brunswick Road£278k · 68
Key Street£248k · 130
The Driftway£244k · 10*
Woodbridge Road£225k · 146
Cemetery Road£197k · 57
Meridian Rise£190k · 75
Spring Road£186k · 116

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£244,250
median · all recorded sales
IP4 district
£250,000
median · last 8 years · street -2%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

The Driftway's £244,250 median sits close to IP4's £250,000; on floor space it runs £3,293/m² against the district's £2,898/m² (+14%).

Street and IP4 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on The Driftway.

Detached
£248,500
7 sales
Semi-detached
£240,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on The Driftway

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
2 Dec 20225 · IP4 5JZSemi-detached£410,000
30 Sept 20214 · IP4 5JZDetached£550,000
15 Jun 20218 · IP4 5JZDetached£280,000
24 Oct 20188 · IP4 5JZnon-standardOther£52,500
3 Jan 2018Meeting House · IP4 5JZDetached£248,500
27 Feb 20178 · IP4 5JZnon-standardOther£50,000
25 Jan 20161a · IP4 5JZDetached£220,000
12 Mar 20154 · IP4 5JZDetached£310,000
21 Nov 2014Meeting House · IP4 5JZDetached£110,000
10 Jul 20097 · IP4 5JZSemi-detached£147,500
23 Nov 20075 · IP4 5JZSemi-detached£240,000
10 Jul 20061 · IP4 5JZDetached£196,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in IP4

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider IP4 area guide.

Woodbridge RoadSpring RoadCauldwell Hall RoadThe MillColchester RoadCemetery RoadBritannia RoadBrunswick RoadMeridian RiseRushmere RoadSt Marys RoadSidegate Lane
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.