Before you offer on a home at CR0 2SW: 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.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 80 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Busy road: A23, 910 m awayAbout 27,893 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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).
£4,407typical price per m² in University Hospital & Queen's Road
£1,480–£3,570per m² for homes at CR0 2SW sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,407 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £397k. Homes at CR0 2SW have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in University Hospital & Queen's Road
University Hospital & Queen's Road
+24% 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
1
£540k
£540k – £540k
Semi-detached
7
£400k
£333k – £515k
Terraced
28
£369k
£155k – £470k
Flat
51
£245k
£145k – £380k
Standard sales in University Hospital & Queen's Road. 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
37sales on London Road in the last two years
87sales in University Hospital & Queen's Road in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in University Hospital & Queen's Road, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£182k
£163k
£1,250 a month
8.2%
2 beds
£260k
£236k
£1,600 a month
7.4%
3 beds
£361k
£331k
£2,000 a month
6.6%
4+ beds
£407k
£386k
£2,400 a month
7.1%
All homes
£282k
£230k
£1,310 a month
5.6%
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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places