Before you offer on a home at L2 5BA: 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.
Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £90k. In Central & Islington.
4 clear£90k typical on Temple Lane
The checklist
Before you make an offer
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Conservation area: Castle StreetChanges to the outside and work on trees usually need consent. Ask whether past alterations had permission.
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (The Liverpool (Anfield, Central, Greenbank, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Princess Park, Riverside, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Wavertree wards and parts of Kirkdale and Church wards) (Article 4(1)) Direction 2020).
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62 listed buildings 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 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A57, 660 m awayAbout 44,637 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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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).
£980–£2,120per m² for homes at L2 5BA sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,270 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £204k. Homes at L2 5BA have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Central & Islington
Central & Islington
+39% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.
What homes cost and rent in Central & Islington, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£88k
£62k
£630 a month
8.6%
2 beds
£149k
£113k
£850 a month
6.8%
3 beds
£171k
£138k
£910 a month
6.4%
4+ beds
£500k
£439k
£1,530 a month
3.7%
All homes
£122k
£88k
£760 a month
7.5%
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. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places