Before you offer on a home at CM15 9QL: 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.
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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
Busy road: A12, 990 m awayAbout 61,462 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.
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Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£5,321typical price per m² in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch
£3,910–£5,010per m² for homes at CM15 9QL sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,321 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £479k. Homes at CM15 9QL have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch
Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch
+49% 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
67
£725k
£427k – £1.51m
Semi-detached
75
£510k
£375k – £1.05m
Terraced
28
£447k
£235k – £915k
Flat
35
£265k
£146k – £560k
Standard sales in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch. 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 Mimosa Close in the last two years
205sales in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£226k
£191k
£1,100 a month
5.8%
2 beds
£400k
£312k
£1,420 a month
4.3%
3 beds
£513k
£443k
£1,710 a month
4.0%
4+ beds
£739k
£650k
£2,310 a month
3.8%
All homes
£541k
£434k
£1,650 a month
3.7%
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