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Buying at CR0 3JU

Before you offer on a home at CR0 3JU: 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 £308k. In Broad Green & Waddon Marsh.

2 to check3 clear£308k typical on Purley Way

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
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.
Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 74 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A23, 890 m awayAbout 27,893 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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).

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?

£308ktypical sale on Purley Way, last 10 years

£4,636typical price per m² in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh

£3,370–£5,440per m² for homes at CR0 3JU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,636 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £417k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh

Broad Green & Waddon Marsh

+37% 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
Semi-detached	11	£370k	£239k – £515k
Terraced	51	£375k	£198k – £547k
Flat	14	£250k	£86k – £305k

Standard sales in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh. 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

18sales on Purley Way in the last two years

76sales in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at CR0 3JU

Home	Last sold	Floor area
5, Purley WaySemi-detached	£300,000, Mar 2016	89 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Purley WaySemi-detached	£359,500, Apr 2018	67 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Purley WaySemi-detached	£89,950, Oct 1999	–	Buyer's report →
17, Purley WaySemi-detached	£87,500, Nov 1999	91 m²	Buyer's report →
19, Purley WaySemi-detached	£328,000, Feb 2017	96 m²	Buyer's report →
31, Purley WaySemi-detached	£295,000, Aug 2014	69 m²	Buyer's report →
33, Purley WayTerraced	£490,000, Oct 2022	90 m²	Buyer's report →
37, Purley WaySemi-detached	£190,000, Feb 2013	115 m²	Buyer's report →
39, Purley WaySemi-detached	£218,000, Jan 2007	92 m²	Buyer's report →
41, Purley WaySemi-detached

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Buying at CR0 3JU

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £308k. In Broad Green & Waddon Marsh.

2 to check3 clear£308k typical on Purley Way

Before you make an offer

Check

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.

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 74 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A23, 890 m awayAbout 27,893 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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).

Is the asking price fair?

£308ktypical sale on Purley Way, last 10 years

£4,636typical price per m² in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh

£3,370–£5,440per m² for homes at CR0 3JU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,636 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £417k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£215k	£151k	£1,250 a month	7.0%
2 beds	£363k	£324k	£1,600 a month	5.3%
3 beds	£398k	£370k	£2,000 a month	6.0%
4+ beds	£403k	£376k	£2,400 a month	7.1%
All homes	£380k	£339k	£1,480 a month	4.7%

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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places