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Buying at LS14 5BH

Before you offer on a home at LS14 5BH: 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 £143k. In Swarcliffe.

1 to check3 clear£143k typical on Farndale Square

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Coal mining high-risk areaPast shallow mining or mine entries may affect building here. Your conveyancer should order a coal mining search (Coal Authority).
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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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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A64, 500 m awayAbout 28,078 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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?

£143ktypical sale on Farndale Square, last 10 years

£2,125typical price per m² in Swarcliffe

£1,310–£2,120per m² for homes at LS14 5BH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,125 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £191k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Swarcliffe

Swarcliffe

+65% 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	11	£250k	£200k – £600k
Semi-detached	59	£195k	£73k – £342k
Terraced	42	£170k	£101k – £240k
Flat	2	£120k	£117k – £120k

Standard sales in Swarcliffe. 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

2sales on Farndale Square in the last two years

114sales in Swarcliffe in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LS14 5BH

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Farndale SquareTerraced	£118,000, Feb 2020	90 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Farndale SquareTerraced	£106,500, Jun 2012	89 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Farndale SquareTerraced	£127,500, Mar 2023	73 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Farndale SquareTerraced	£147,000, Sept 2025	78 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Farndale SquareTerraced	£235,000, Jun 2023	111 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Farndale SquareTerraced	£153,000, Aug 2025	90 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Farndale SquareTerraced	£100,000, Oct 2014	109 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Farndale SquareTerraced	£137,250, Mar 2024	92 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Farndale SquareTerraced	£91,000, Apr 2017	61 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at LS14 5BH

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £143k. In Swarcliffe.

1 to check3 clear£143k typical on Farndale Square

Before you make an offer

Check

Coal mining high-risk areaPast shallow mining or mine entries may affect building here. Your conveyancer should order a coal mining search (Coal Authority).

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

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A64, 500 m awayAbout 28,078 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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?

£143ktypical sale on Farndale Square, last 10 years

£2,125typical price per m² in Swarcliffe

£1,310–£2,120per m² for homes at LS14 5BH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,125 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £191k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Swarcliffe, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£125k	£92k	£780 a month	7.5%
2 beds	£164k	£140k	£910 a month	6.7%
3 beds	£185k	£165k	£990 a month	6.4%
4+ beds	£242k	£216k	£1,350 a month	6.7%
All homes	£179k	£154k	£1,000 a month	6.7%

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