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Buying at BL9 5BA

Before you offer on a home at BL9 5BA: 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.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £105k. In Fernhill & Pimhole.

2 clear£105k typical on Hornby Street

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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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).
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Ground: landslides moderateBGS 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.
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Bury borough HMO).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A56, 470 m awayAbout 37,694 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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.
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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?

£105ktypical sale on Hornby Street, last 10 years

£1,799typical price per m² in Fernhill & Pimhole

£970–£1,410per m² for homes at BL9 5BA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,799 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £162k. Homes at BL9 5BA have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Fernhill & Pimhole

Fernhill & Pimhole

+86% 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	4	£220k	£150k – £420k
Semi-detached	11	£205k	£146k – £240k
Terraced	104	£150k	£53k – £400k
Flat	31	£140k	£44k – £188k

Standard sales in Fernhill & Pimhole. 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

4sales on Hornby Street in the last two years

150sales in Fernhill & Pimhole in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at BL9 5BA

Home	Last sold	Floor area
164, Hornby StreetTerraced	£90,000, Dec 2021	64 m²	Buyer's report →
174, Hornby StreetTerraced	£70,000, Feb 2022	72 m²	Buyer's report →
176, Hornby StreetTerraced	£32,500, Oct 2003	67 m²	Buyer's report →
180, Hornby StreetTerraced	£75,000, May 2005	–	Buyer's report →
184, Hornby StreetTerraced	£16,950, Apr 2001	78 m²	Buyer's report →
188, Hornby StreetTerraced	£28,450, Nov 2000	–	Buyer's report →
190, Hornby StreetTerraced	£48,000, Oct 2014	80 m²	Buyer's report →
192, Hornby StreetOther	£37,000, Mar 2017	–	Buyer's report →
194, Hornby StreetTerraced	£140,000, Aug 2005	–	Buyer's report →

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

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Buying at BL9 5BA

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £105k. In Fernhill & Pimhole.

2 clear£105k typical on Hornby Street

Before you make an offer

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

Ground: landslides moderateBGS 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

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

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A56, 470 m awayAbout 37,694 vehicles a day in 2025 (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?

£105ktypical sale on Hornby Street, last 10 years

£1,799typical price per m² in Fernhill & Pimhole

£970–£1,410per m² for homes at BL9 5BA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,799 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £162k. Homes at BL9 5BA have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Fernhill & Pimhole, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£132k	£115k	£740 a month	6.7%
2 beds	£148k	£125k	£810 a month	6.6%
3 beds	£152k	£131k	£870 a month	6.9%
4+ beds	£179k	£160k	£1,130 a month	7.6%
All homes	£149k	£127k	£780 a month	6.3%

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