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Buying at LS28 5AE

Before you offer on a home at LS28 5AE: 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 £345k. In New Pudsey.

1 to check3 clear£345k typical on Rockwood Crescent

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 5–10% 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
Ground: landslides 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: A6120, 500 m awayAbout 30,181 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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?

£345ktypical sale on Rockwood Crescent, last 10 years

£2,569typical price per m² in New Pudsey

£820–£3,710per m² for homes at LS28 5AE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,569 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £231k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in New Pudsey

New Pudsey

+60% 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	28	£455k	£181k – £850k
Semi-detached	80	£245k	£80k – £520k
Terraced	24	£210k	£95k – £255k
Flat	13	£100k	£60k – £145k

Standard sales in New Pudsey. 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

3sales on Rockwood Crescent in the last two years

145sales in New Pudsey in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LS28 5AE

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Rockwood CrescentSemi-detached	£395,000, May 2026	109 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Rockwood CrescentDetached	£119,000, Jul 1995	–	Buyer's report →
6, Rockwood CrescentDetached	£555,000, Apr 2026	159 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Rockwood CrescentDetached	£280,000, Feb 2007	–	Buyer's report →
14, Rockwood CrescentSemi-detached	£157,500, Aug 2013	85 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Rockwood CrescentSemi-detached	£195,000, Nov 2024	73 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Rockwood CrescentSemi-detached	£105,000, Oct 2000	–	Buyer's report →
22, Rockwood CrescentDetached	£232,000, Aug 2010	68 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Rockwood CrescentDetached	£225,000, May 2016	70 m²	Buyer's report →
26, Rockwood Crescent

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Buying at LS28 5AE

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £345k. In New Pudsey.

1 to check3 clear£345k typical on Rockwood Crescent

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 5–10% 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

Ground: landslides 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: A6120, 500 m awayAbout 30,181 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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 52 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?

£345ktypical sale on Rockwood Crescent, last 10 years

£2,569typical price per m² in New Pudsey

£820–£3,710per m² for homes at LS28 5AE sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,569 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £231k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in New Pudsey, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£125k	£92k	£780 a month	7.5%
2 beds	£194k	£147k	£980 a month	6.1%
3 beds	£244k	£211k	£1,110 a month	5.5%
4+ beds	£354k	£261k	£1,580 a month	5.4%
All homes	£240k	£200k	£1,130 a month	5.7%

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