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Buying at L37 2HB

Before you offer on a home at L37 2HB: 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 £400k. In Formby South West.

1 to check3 clear£400k typical on Kew Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: compressible ground significant, running sand moderateBGS 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
Busy road: C, 770 m awayAbout 11,954 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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).

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?

£400ktypical sale on Kew Road, last 10 years

£3,012typical price per m² in Formby South West

£2,330–£5,660per m² for homes at L37 2HB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,012 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £271k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Formby South West

Formby South West

+52% 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	83	£450k	£200k – £2.83m
Semi-detached	61	£320k	£125k – £740k
Terraced	2	£380k	£260k – £380k
Flat	7	£230k	£215k – £280k

Standard sales in Formby South 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

4sales on Kew Road in the last two years

153sales in Formby South West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at L37 2HB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Kew RoadTerraced	£201,000, Sept 2004	–	Buyer's report →
2, Kew RoadDetached	£506,000, Sept 2021	148 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Kew RoadSemi-detached	£285,000, Jan 2022	112 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Kew RoadDetached	£200,000, Jan 2026	86 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Kew RoadSemi-detached	£203,000, Mar 2008	–	Buyer's report →
7, Kew RoadSemi-detached	£240,000, Jun 2021	85 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Kew RoadSemi-detached	£73,400, Jul 1997	–	Buyer's report →
9, Kew RoadSemi-detached	£85,000, May 2002	–	Buyer's report →
11, Kew RoadDetached	£440,000, May 2026	131 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Kew RoadDetached	£882,500, Oct 2025

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Buying at L37 2HB

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £400k. In Formby South West.

1 to check3 clear£400k typical on Kew Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: compressible ground significant, running sand moderateBGS 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

Busy road: C, 770 m awayAbout 11,954 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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?

£400ktypical sale on Kew Road, last 10 years

£3,012typical price per m² in Formby South West

£2,330–£5,660per m² for homes at L37 2HB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,012 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £271k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Formby South West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£81k	£63k	£620 a month	9.2%
2 beds	£231k	£188k	£940 a month	4.9%
3 beds	£353k	£296k	£1,210 a month	4.1%
4+ beds	£468k	£376k	£1,610 a month	4.1%
All homes	£406k	£334k	£1,180 a month	3.5%

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. * 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