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Buying at LE18 1FP

Before you offer on a home at LE18 1FP: 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 £255k. In Wigston North.

4 clear£255k typical on Castleton Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Note
Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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.
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Busy road: A5199, 290 m awayAbout 18,273 vehicles a day in 2019 (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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 41 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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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?

£255ktypical sale on Castleton Road, last 10 years

£3,182typical price per m² in Wigston North

£1,650–£3,860per m² for homes at LE18 1FP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,182 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £286k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Wigston North

Wigston North

+68% 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	40	£340k	£180k – £620k
Semi-detached	113	£260k	£170k – £475k
Terraced	10	£257k	£140k – £345k

Standard sales in Wigston North. 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 Castleton Road in the last two years

163sales in Wigston North in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LE18 1FP

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Castleton RoadDetached	£130,000, Aug 2011	74 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£255,000, Mar 2026	66 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£295,000, Dec 2022	111 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£200,000, Nov 2019	72 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£160,000, May 2007	98 m²	Buyer's report →
28, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£172,000, Aug 2014	81 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£255,000, Dec 2024	82 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£275,000, May 2023	100 m²	Buyer's report →
34, Castleton RoadSemi-detached	£170,000, Oct 2006	–	Buyer's report →
38, Castleton Road

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Buying at LE18 1FP

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £255k. In Wigston North.

4 clear£255k typical on Castleton Road

Before you make an offer

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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

Busy road: A5199, 290 m awayAbout 18,273 vehicles a day in 2019 (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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 41 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£255ktypical sale on Castleton Road, last 10 years

£3,182typical price per m² in Wigston North

£1,650–£3,860per m² for homes at LE18 1FP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,182 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £286k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Wigston North, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£134k	£117k	£730 a month	6.5%
2 beds	£230k	£211k	£910 a month	4.7%
3 beds	£269k	£244k	£1,110 a month	5.0%
4+ beds	£326k	£288k	£1,430 a month	5.3%
All homes	£268k	£238k	£1,020 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. * 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