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Buying at B74 4AX

Before you offer on a home at B74 4AX: 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 £415k. In Four Oaks.

1 to check5 clear£415k typical on Orchard Grove

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 5–10% 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
Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
Note
Busy road: A454, 900 m awayAbout 7,729 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 48 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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?

£415ktypical sale on Orchard Grove, last 10 years

£3,875typical price per m² in Four Oaks

£2,640–£5,060per m² for homes at B74 4AX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,875 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £349k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Four Oaks

Four Oaks

+48% 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	62	£640k	£300k – £1.81m
Semi-detached	48	£430k	£272k – £880k
Terraced	16	£300k	£220k – £525k
Flat	55	£191k	£76k – £540k

Standard sales in Four Oaks. 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 Orchard Grove in the last two years

181sales in Four Oaks in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B74 4AX

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£450,000, Aug 2023	129 m²	Buyer's report →
1b, Orchard GroveDetached	£437,500, Apr 2023	116 m²	Buyer's report →
1c, Orchard GroveTerraced	£209,000, Dec 2005	–	Buyer's report →
1d, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£375,000, Nov 2020	89 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£380,500, May 2018	121 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£96,000, Jun 1997	–	Buyer's report →
5, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£299,999, Mar 2013	154 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£480,000, Mar 2021	115 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Orchard GroveSemi-detached	£415,000, Nov 2021	82 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Orchard Grove

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Buying at B74 4AX

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £415k. In Four Oaks.

1 to check5 clear£415k typical on Orchard Grove

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 5–10% 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

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).

Note

Busy road: A454, 900 m awayAbout 7,729 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 48 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

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

Is the asking price fair?

£415ktypical sale on Orchard Grove, last 10 years

£3,875typical price per m² in Four Oaks

£2,640–£5,060per m² for homes at B74 4AX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,875 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £349k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Four Oaks, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£157k	£130k	£940 a month	7.2%
2 beds	£253k	£193k	£1,120 a month	5.3%
3 beds	£415k	£340k	£1,400 a month	4.0%
4+ beds	£661k	£537k	£1,940 a month	3.5%
All homes	£414k	£282k	£1,370 a month	4.0%

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