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Buying at EN1 3QL

Before you offer on a home at EN1 3QL: 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. In Carterhatch & Forty Hall.

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The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Borough wide).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A10, 460 m awayAbout 51,920 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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 broadband94% 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?

£5,325typical price per m² in Carterhatch & Forty Hall

£4,520–£4,670per m² for homes at EN1 3QL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,325 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £479k. Homes at EN1 3QL have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Carterhatch & Forty Hall

Carterhatch & Forty Hall

+53% 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	1	£325k	£325k – £325k
Semi-detached	20	£540k	£320k – £700k
Terraced	68	£475k	£212k – £890k
Flat	42	£279k	£115k – £370k

Standard sales in Carterhatch & Forty Hall. 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

0sales on Gough Road in the last two years

131sales in Carterhatch & Forty Hall in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at EN1 3QL

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Gough RoadSemi-detached	£177,000, Jun 2004	70 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Gough RoadTerraced	£78,000, Aug 1998	83 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Gough RoadTerraced	£65,000, Oct 1995	–	Buyer's report →
8, Gough RoadSemi-detached	£208,000, Sept 2007	–	Buyer's report →
9, Gough RoadTerraced	£150,000, Oct 2002	–	Buyer's report →
10, Gough RoadTerraced	£350,000, Jun 2016	75 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Gough RoadTerraced	£155,000, Jul 2004	75 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Gough RoadTerraced	£119,500, Apr 2001	80 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Gough RoadTerraced	£67,000, Aug 1995	–	Buyer's report →
19, Gough RoadTerraced	£53,000, Jul 1995

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Buying at EN1 3QL

1 thing to raise before an offer. In Carterhatch & Forty Hall.

1 to check3 clear

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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.

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Borough wide).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A10, 460 m awayAbout 51,920 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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.

Clear

Gigabit broadband94% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£5,325typical price per m² in Carterhatch & Forty Hall

£4,520–£4,670per m² for homes at EN1 3QL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,325 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £479k. Homes at EN1 3QL have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Carterhatch & Forty Hall, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£278k	£223k	£1,350 a month	5.8%
2 beds	£342k	£297k	£1,650 a month	5.8%
3 beds	£471k	£437k	£2,200 a month	5.6%
4+ beds	£549k	£481k	£2,430 a month	5.3%
All homes	£450k	£351k	£1,740 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. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places