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Buying at DN7 5HD

Before you offer on a home at DN7 5HD: 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 £93k. In Stainforth.

2 to check2 clear£93k typical on Bootham Crescent

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, compressible ground 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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Flood risk from rivers or the sea50% of homes in this postcode are at high and 50% 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).
Clear
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 49 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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?

£93ktypical sale on Bootham Crescent, last 10 years

£1,692typical price per m² in Stainforth

£730–£1,260per m² for homes at DN7 5HD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,692 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £152k. Homes at DN7 5HD have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Stainforth

Stainforth

+47% 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	31	£258k	£90k – £600k
Semi-detached	59	£130k	£60k – £225k
Terraced	38	£110k	£27k – £323k

Standard sales in Stainforth. 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 Bootham Crescent in the last two years

128sales in Stainforth in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at DN7 5HD

Home	Last sold	Floor area
15, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£25,950, Nov 1996	–	Buyer's report →
17, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£92,000, Oct 2021	126 m²	Buyer's report →
31, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£93,000, Jul 2025	74 m²	Buyer's report →
51, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£59,000, Aug 2018	79 m²	Buyer's report →
57, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£22,000, Jun 2002	97 m²	Buyer's report →
71, Bootham CrescentTerraced	£22,500, Mar 2000	–	Buyer's report →
73, Bootham CrescentSemi-detached	£69,995, Jan 2006	–	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 DN7 5HD

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £93k. In Stainforth.

2 to check2 clear£93k typical on Bootham Crescent

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, compressible ground 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.

Check

Flood risk from rivers or the sea50% of homes in this postcode are at high and 50% 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).

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 49 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£93ktypical sale on Bootham Crescent, last 10 years

£1,692typical price per m² in Stainforth

£730–£1,260per m² for homes at DN7 5HD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,692 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £152k. Homes at DN7 5HD have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Stainforth, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£98k	£72k	£490 a month	6.0%
2 beds	£116k	£90k	£580 a month	6.0%
3 beds	£125k	£99k	£670 a month	6.4%
4+ beds	£224k	£130k	£960 a month	5.1%
All homes	£129k	£102k	£620 a month	5.8%

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