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Buying on Drakes Close

Before you offer on a home on Drakes Close: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the street.

1 thing to raise before an offer (checked at EN8 0PL), and a street where the typical sale was £470k. In Cheshunt Coopers Walk.

1 to check3 clear£470k typical on Drakes Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A10, 600 m awayAbout 44,803 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£470ktypical sale on Drakes Close, last 10 years

£5,097typical price per m² in Cheshunt Coopers Walk

£5,170–£5,600per m² for homes on Drakes Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,097 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £459k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Cheshunt Coopers Walk

Cheshunt Coopers Walk

+52% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	14	£705k	£480k – £840k
Semi-detached	49	£481k	£330k – £640k
Terraced	56	£413k	£248k – £660k
Flat	17	£242k	£105k – £335k

Standard sales in Cheshunt Coopers Walk. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on Drakes Close in the last two years

136sales in Cheshunt Coopers Walk in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes on Drakes Close

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Drakes CloseTerraced	£62,000, Mar 1996	178 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Drakes CloseSemi-detached	£470,000, Sept 2021	84 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Drakes CloseSemi-detached	£250,000, Sept 2008	–	Buyer's report →
4, Drakes CloseSemi-detached	£249,995, Apr 2014	84 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Drakes CloseTerraced	£200,000, Feb 2004	79 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Drakes CloseTerraced	£250,000, Oct 2007	–	Buyer's report →
8, Drakes CloseTerraced	£450,000, Jun 2022	87 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

More for buying: Where can I afford? · How much to offer · Buying checklist · Check your documents

Go deeper

Looking along the street…

Buying on Drakes Close

1 thing to raise before an offer (checked at EN8 0PL), and a street where the typical sale was £470k. In Cheshunt Coopers Walk.

1 to check3 clear£470k typical on Drakes Close

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A10, 600 m awayAbout 44,803 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£470ktypical sale on Drakes Close, last 10 years

£5,097typical price per m² in Cheshunt Coopers Walk

£5,170–£5,600per m² for homes on Drakes Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,097 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £459k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Cheshunt Coopers Walk, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£249k	£142k	£1,230 a month	5.9%
2 beds	£361k	£309k	£1,470 a month	4.9%
3 beds	£458k	£432k	£1,790 a month	4.7%
4+ beds	£593k	£520k	£2,430 a month	4.9%
All homes	£446k	£378k	£1,700 a month	4.6%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places