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Buying at BD9 6EB

Before you offer on a home at BD9 6EB: 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 £110k. In Chellow Heights.

1 to check2 clear£110k typical on Ruskin Avenue

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: landslides 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
Radon: up to 3–5% 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 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: C, 720 m awayAbout 9,830 vehicles a day in 2017 (DfT traffic counts).
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?

£110ktypical sale on Ruskin Avenue, last 10 years

£1,987typical price per m² in Chellow Heights

£640–£2,030per m² for homes at BD9 6EB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,987 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £179k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Chellow Heights

Chellow Heights

+33% 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	24	£330k	£148k – £530k
Semi-detached	50	£155k	£85k – £270k
Terraced	17	£155k	£88k – £255k
Flat	39	£130k	£68k – £182k

Standard sales in Chellow Heights. 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 Ruskin Avenue in the last two years

130sales in Chellow Heights in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at BD9 6EB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Ruskin AvenueTerraced	£95,000, Oct 2005	60 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£68,000, Jan 2018	62 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£13,600, May 2004	63 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£80,000, Dec 2009	61 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£109,500, Dec 2022	90 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£89,000, Dec 2005	61 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£51,500, Mar 2021	80 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Ruskin AvenueSemi-detached	£140,000, Jul 2024	69 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Ruskin AvenueDetached	£28,500, Jan 2002	68 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Ruskin Avenue

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Buying at BD9 6EB

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £110k. In Chellow Heights.

1 to check2 clear£110k typical on Ruskin Avenue

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: landslides 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

Radon: up to 3–5% 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 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: C, 720 m awayAbout 9,830 vehicles a day in 2017 (DfT traffic counts).

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?

£110ktypical sale on Ruskin Avenue, last 10 years

£1,987typical price per m² in Chellow Heights

£640–£2,030per m² for homes at BD9 6EB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,987 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £179k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Chellow Heights, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£92k	£69k	£550 a month	7.2%
2 beds	£129k	£109k	£640 a month	6.0%
3 beds	£171k	£141k	£770 a month	5.4%
4+ beds	£277k	£201k	£1,050 a month	4.5%
All homes	£156k	£123k	£700 a month	5.4%

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