Before you offer on a home at BN3 6DF: 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.
2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £1.02m. In West Blatchington.
2 to check3 clear£1.02m typical on Woodland Drive
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).
Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, soluble rock (sinkholes) 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: A27, 960 m awayAbout 74,260 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).
£1.02mtypical sale on Woodland Drive, last 10 years
£5,917typical price per m² in West Blatchington
£4,710–£5,540per m² for homes at BN3 6DF sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,917 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £533k. Homes at BN3 6DF have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in West Blatchington
West Blatchington
+71% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in West Blatchington, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£236k
£195k
£1,190 a month
6.1%
2 beds
£356k
£261k
£1,520 a month
5.1%
3 beds
£659k
£563k
£2,010 a month
3.7%
4+ beds
£1.09m
£808k
£2,860 a month
3.1%
All homes
£813k
£629k
£2,320 a month
3.4%
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