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Buying at CV5 9PE

Before you offer on a home at CV5 9PE: 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 £340k. In Brownshill Green.

2 to check2 clear£340k typical on Allesley Croft

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 10–30% 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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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 61 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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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.
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Busy road: A4114, 840 m awayAbout 28,771 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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).

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?

£340ktypical sale on Allesley Croft, last 10 years

£3,500typical price per m² in Brownshill Green

£2,600–£3,430per m² for homes at CV5 9PE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £315k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Brownshill Green

Brownshill Green

+68% 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	76	£490k	£200k – £1.25m
Semi-detached	57	£305k	£60k – £525k
Terraced	36	£265k	£70k – £395k
Flat	16	£165k	£93k – £185k

Standard sales in Brownshill Green. 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 Allesley Croft in the last two years

185sales in Brownshill Green in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at CV5 9PE

Home	Last sold	Floor area
3, Allesley CroftDetached	£275,000, Aug 2017	103 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Allesley CroftDetached	£340,000, Dec 2023	110 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Allesley CroftDetached	£460,000, Aug 2025	137 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Allesley CroftDetached	£164,000, Apr 2002	–	Buyer's report →
10, Allesley CroftDetached	£299,950, Jul 2017	109 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Allesley CroftDetached	£220,000, Mar 2014	103 m²	Buyer's report →
13, Allesley CroftDetached	£263,000, Jul 2015	101 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Allesley CroftDetached	£340,000, Jan 2022	99 m²	Buyer's report →
17, Allesley CroftDetached	£250,000, Aug 2005	120 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at CV5 9PE

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £340k. In Brownshill Green.

2 to check2 clear£340k typical on Allesley Croft

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 10–30% 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).

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 61 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

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: A4114, 840 m awayAbout 28,771 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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?

£340ktypical sale on Allesley Croft, last 10 years

£3,500typical price per m² in Brownshill Green

£2,600–£3,430per m² for homes at CV5 9PE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £315k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Brownshill Green, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£118k	£95k	£760 a month	7.7%
2 beds	£233k	£154k	£1,010 a month	5.2%
3 beds	£288k	£254k	£1,150 a month	4.8%
4+ beds	£433k	£341k	£1,600 a month	4.4%
All homes	£290k	£244k	£1,120 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. * 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