Before you offer on a home at IG11 9QQ: 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.
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 (HMO Article 4).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A123, 840 m awayAbout 14,150 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 broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£4,511typical price per m² in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
£4,910–£6,390per m² for homes at IG11 9QQ sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,511 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £406k. Homes at IG11 9QQ have sold 9–42% above it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside
+57% 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
Semi-detached
8
£500k
£370k – £604k
Terraced
78
£415k
£305k – £501k
Flat
71
£252k
£81k – £368k
Standard sales in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside. 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
5sales on Dawson Avenue in the last two years
157sales in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in Creekmouth & Barking Riverside, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£208k
£197k
£1,400 a month
8.1%
2 beds
£357k
£287k
£1,740 a month
5.8%
3 beds
£426k
£396k
£2,100 a month
5.9%
4+ beds
£478k
£427k
£2,430 a month
6.1%
All homes
£382k
£317k
£1,670 a month
5.2%
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