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Buying at B43 5EX

Before you offer on a home at B43 5EX: 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 postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £190k. In Hamstead West.

1 to check3 clear£190k typical on Holland Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A4041, 840 m awayAbout 31,778 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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?

£190ktypical sale on Holland Road, last 10 years

£2,611typical price per m² in Hamstead West

£1,750–£3,650per m² for homes at B43 5EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,611 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £235k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Hamstead West

Hamstead West

+76% 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	10	£310k	£262k – £515k
Semi-detached	73	£247k	£50k – £380k
Terraced	18	£233k	£155k – £342k
Flat	8	£136k	£104k – £168k

Standard sales in Hamstead West. 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

1sales on Holland Road in the last two years

109sales in Hamstead West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B43 5EX

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Holland RoadSemi-detached	£198,000, Aug 2021	78 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Holland RoadTerraced	£120,000, Feb 2009	70 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Holland RoadTerraced	£145,000, Jul 2015	83 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Holland RoadSemi-detached	£190,000, Feb 2026	52 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Holland RoadSemi-detached	£182,500, Oct 2019	66 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Holland RoadTerraced	£204,000, Jun 2022	77 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Holland RoadTerraced	£185,000, Dec 2021	71 m²	Buyer's report →
17, Holland RoadTerraced	£115,000, Dec 2007	72 m²	Buyer's report →
27, Holland RoadTerraced	£160,000, Sept 2019	74 m²	Buyer's report →
35, Holland Road

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Buying at B43 5EX

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £190k. In Hamstead West.

1 to check3 clear£190k typical on Holland Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A4041, 840 m awayAbout 31,778 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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?

£190ktypical sale on Holland Road, last 10 years

£2,611typical price per m² in Hamstead West

£1,750–£3,650per m² for homes at B43 5EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,611 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £235k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Hamstead West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£98k	£81k	£680 a month	8.3%
2 beds	£199k	£165k	£870 a month	5.2%
3 beds	£247k	£222k	£1,040 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£280k	£228k	£1,330 a month	5.7%
All homes	£244k	£208k	£990 a month	4.9%

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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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