Before you offer on a home at DH8 6RH: 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.
Coal mining high-risk areaPast shallow mining or mine entries may affect building here. Your conveyancer should order a coal mining search (Coal Authority).
Note
Ground: 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
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 57 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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.
£105ktypical sale on South Magdalene, last 10 years
£1,966typical price per m² in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
£690–£1,670per m² for homes at DH8 6RH sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,966 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £177k. Homes at DH8 6RH have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
+14% 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
78
£350k
£163k – £900k
Semi-detached
81
£175k
£58k – £470k
Terraced
74
£138k
£44k – £450k
Flat
10
£105k
£40k – £265k
Standard sales in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley. 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
6sales on South Magdalene in the last two years
243sales in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£72k
£55k
£460 a month
7.7%
2 beds
£135k
£102k
£670 a month
6.0%
3 beds
£179k
£140k
£780 a month
5.2%
4+ beds
£372k
£284k
£1,140 a month
3.7%
All homes
£195k
£141k
£760 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. * 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