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Buying at HA3 8SP

Before you offer on a home at HA3 8SP: 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, and a street where the typical sale was £500k. In Queensbury West.

1 to check3 clear£500k typical on Kenton Lane

HA3 8SP is on Kenton Lane

£500ktypical sale, last 10 years

163sales in the last 10 years

812+homes on the street

24 yrssince the typical home last sold

46crimes recorded on the street, last 12 months

Buying on all of Kenton Lane →

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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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: C, 400 m awayAbout 17,857 vehicles a day in 2019 (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 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?

£500ktypical sale on Kenton Lane, last 10 years

£6,380typical price per m² in Queensbury West

£4,640–£6,000per m² for homes at HA3 8SP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £6,380 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £574k. Homes at HA3 8SP have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Queensbury West

Queensbury West

+27% 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	3	£617k	£570k – £865k
Semi-detached	37	£600k	£490k – £815k
Terraced	13	£620k	£460k – £770k
Flat	15	£320k	£204k – £390k

Standard sales in Queensbury West. 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

22sales on Kenton Lane in the last two years

68sales in Queensbury West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at HA3 8SP

Home	Last sold	Floor area
154, Kenton LaneDetached	£319,000, Jul 2000	–	Buyer's report →
156, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£495,000, Feb 2015	96 m²	Buyer's report →
158, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£156,000, May 2000	91 m²	Buyer's report →
162, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£249,950, Jul 2003	77 m²	Buyer's report →
164, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£125,000, Jan 1998	21 m²	Buyer's report →
166, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£320,000, Nov 2010	109 m²	Buyer's report →
168, Kenton LaneTerraced	£300,000, Dec 2005	–	Buyer's report →
170, Kenton LaneSemi-detached	£580,000, Nov 2016	106 m²	Buyer's report →
Flat 2, 170, Kenton LaneFlat	£328,000, Oct 2020	68 m²	Buyer's report →
Flat 3, 170, Kenton Lane

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Buying at HA3 8SP

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £500k. In Queensbury West.

1 to check3 clear£500k typical on Kenton Lane

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

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 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: C, 400 m awayAbout 17,857 vehicles a day in 2019 (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 broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£500ktypical sale on Kenton Lane, last 10 years

£6,380typical price per m² in Queensbury West

£4,640–£6,000per m² for homes at HA3 8SP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £6,380 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £574k. Homes at HA3 8SP have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Queensbury West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£249k	£194k	£1,430 a month	6.9%
2 beds	£471k	£322k	£1,790 a month	4.6%
3 beds	£595k	£531k	£2,320 a month	4.7%
4+ beds	£651k	£594k	£3,300 a month	6.1%
All homes	£587k	£504k	£1,780 a month	3.6%

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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places