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Buying at CR0 4EA

Before you offer on a home at CR0 4EA: 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.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £370k. In Waddon South.

1 to check3 clear£370k typical on Layton Crescent

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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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.
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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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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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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A23, 710 m awayAbout 34,231 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.
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?

£370ktypical sale on Layton Crescent, last 10 years

£4,892typical price per m² in Waddon South

£4,970–£5,580per m² for homes at CR0 4EA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,892 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £440k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Waddon South

Waddon South

+36% 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	10	£717k	£480k – £975k
Semi-detached	38	£460k	£235k – £660k
Terraced	33	£435k	£250k – £750k
Flat	59	£275k	£112k – £360k

Standard sales in Waddon South. 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

2sales on Layton Crescent in the last two years

140sales in Waddon South in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at CR0 4EA

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£139,950, Jun 2001	–	Buyer's report →
4, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£219,641, Jun 2009	87 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£195,000, Mar 2012	66 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Layton CrescentTerraced	£159,000, Oct 2005	67 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£202,000, Feb 2006	–	Buyer's report →
19, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£89,950, Oct 1998	–	Buyer's report →
21, Layton CrescentOther	£385,000, Feb 2019	71 m²	Buyer's report →
26, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£213,500, May 2012	109 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Layton CrescentSemi-detached	£85,000, Sept 1998	80 m²	Buyer's report →
35, Layton Crescent

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Buying at CR0 4EA

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £370k. In Waddon South.

1 to check3 clear£370k typical on Layton Crescent

Before you make an offer

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

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

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A23, 710 m awayAbout 34,231 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?

£370ktypical sale on Layton Crescent, last 10 years

£4,892typical price per m² in Waddon South

£4,970–£5,580per m² for homes at CR0 4EA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,892 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £440k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Waddon South, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£221k	£209k	£1,250 a month	6.8%
2 beds	£292k	£264k	£1,600 a month	6.6%
3 beds	£454k	£417k	£2,000 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£553k	£480k	£2,400 a month	5.2%
All homes	£397k	£281k	£1,510 a month	4.6%

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