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Buying at CV3 4EX

Before you offer on a home at CV3 4EX: 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 £175k. In Willenhall.

1 to check2 clear£175k typical on London Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 72 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderateBGS 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: A45, 920 m awayAbout 81,157 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.

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?

£175ktypical sale on London Road, last 10 years

£2,500typical price per m² in Willenhall

£1,190–£3,100per m² for homes at CV3 4EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £225k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Willenhall

Willenhall

+106% 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	12	£330k	£234k – £870k
Semi-detached	36	£230k	£164k – £320k
Terraced	38	£180k	£118k – £250k
Flat	8	£120k	£93k – £155k

Standard sales in Willenhall. 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

17sales on London Road in the last two years

94sales in Willenhall in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at CV3 4EX

Home	Last sold	Floor area
655, London RoadOther	£1,450,000, Jun 2021	–	Buyer's report →
669, London RoadSemi-detached	£85,000, Aug 1997	103 m²	Buyer's report →
675, London RoadSemi-detached	£60,000, Sept 1996	–	Buyer's report →
677, London RoadSemi-detached	£80,000, Jun 1995	–	Buyer's report →
679, London RoadSemi-detached	£80,000, Jun 1995	–	Buyer's report →
703, London RoadSemi-detached	£110,500, Nov 2018	93 m²	Buyer's report →
707, London RoadDetached	£380,000, Jun 2024	145 m²	Buyer's report →
709, London RoadDetached	£160,000, Feb 2015	91 m²	Buyer's report →
711, London RoadDetached	£132,500, Nov 2013	120 m²	Buyer's report →
713, London RoadSemi-detached

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Buying at CV3 4EX

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £175k. In Willenhall.

1 to check2 clear£175k typical on London Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 72 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

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

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderateBGS 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: A45, 920 m awayAbout 81,157 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.

Is the asking price fair?

£175ktypical sale on London Road, last 10 years

£2,500typical price per m² in Willenhall

£1,190–£3,100per m² for homes at CV3 4EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £225k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Willenhall, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£118k	£95k	£760 a month	7.7%
2 beds	£170k	£122k	£890 a month	6.3%
3 beds	£184k	£167k	£960 a month	6.3%
4+ beds	£207k	£164k	£1,180 a month	6.8%
All homes	£182k	£160k	£930 a month	6.1%

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