Before you offer on a home at DN5 0EY: 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 £100k. In Bentley & Toll Bar.
2 to check1 clear£100k typical on Victoria Road
The checklist
Before you make an offer
Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderate, compressible ground significant, running sand 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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Flood risk from rivers or the sea0% of homes in this postcode are at high and 100% at medium risk. Ask about past flooding and get an insurance quote before you exchange (Environment Agency).
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£610–£1,160per m² for homes at DN5 0EY sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,337 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £120k. Homes at DN5 0EY have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Bentley & Toll Bar
Bentley & Toll Bar
+34% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in Bentley & Toll Bar, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£98k
£72k
£490 a month
6.0%
2 beds
£95k
£77k
£530 a month
6.7%
3 beds
£127k
£103k
£680 a month
6.4%
4+ beds
£219k
£179k
£950 a month
5.2%
All homes
£120k
£94k
£600 a month
6.0%
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