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Buying at LS26 8TY

Before you offer on a home at LS26 8TY: 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 £269k. In Woodlesford & Oulton.

3 clear£269k typical on Eastfield Crescent

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Note
Radon: up to 3–5% 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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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A639, 730 m awayAbout 24,337 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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).

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?

£269ktypical sale on Eastfield Crescent, last 10 years

£3,058typical price per m² in Woodlesford & Oulton

£2,070–£2,720per m² for homes at LS26 8TY sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,058 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £275k. Homes at LS26 8TY have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Woodlesford & Oulton

Woodlesford & Oulton

+53% 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	69	£460k	£185k – £925k
Semi-detached	93	£257k	£95k – £450k
Terraced	41	£206k	£109k – £330k
Flat	13	£243k	£100k – £425k

Standard sales in Woodlesford & Oulton. 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 Eastfield Crescent in the last two years

216sales in Woodlesford & Oulton in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LS26 8TY

Home	Last sold	Floor area
48, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£280,000, Apr 2020	135 m²	Buyer's report →
56, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£210,000, May 2013	73 m²	Buyer's report →
59, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£210,000, Apr 2017	82 m²	Buyer's report →
60, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£192,500, Dec 2006	–	Buyer's report →
61, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£135,000, Sept 2002	–	Buyer's report →
62, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£210,000, Jan 2008	–	Buyer's report →
64, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£172,300, Aug 2009	83 m²	Buyer's report →
65, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£269,000, Oct 2021	99 m²	Buyer's report →
66, Eastfield CrescentDetached	£83,500, Dec 1995	62 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 LS26 8TY

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £269k. In Woodlesford & Oulton.

3 clear£269k typical on Eastfield Crescent

Before you make an offer

Note

Radon: up to 3–5% 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

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A639, 730 m awayAbout 24,337 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?

£269ktypical sale on Eastfield Crescent, last 10 years

£3,058typical price per m² in Woodlesford & Oulton

£2,070–£2,720per m² for homes at LS26 8TY sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,058 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £275k. Homes at LS26 8TY have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Woodlesford & Oulton, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£125k	£92k	£780 a month	7.5%
2 beds	£225k	£197k	£1,040 a month	5.5%
3 beds	£282k	£237k	£1,180 a month	5.0%
4+ beds	£462k	£366k	£1,760 a month	4.6%
All homes	£288k	£232k	£1,210 a month	5.0%

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