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Buying at LS29 6DR

Before you offer on a home at LS29 6DR: 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.

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £488k. In Menston & Burley Moor.

2 to check3 clear£488k typical on The Crescent

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides significantBGS 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: A65, 130 m awayAbout 22,619 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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?

£488ktypical sale on The Crescent, last 10 years

£3,762typical price per m² in Menston & Burley Moor

£2,130–£3,140per m² for homes at LS29 6DR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,762 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £339k. Homes at LS29 6DR have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Menston & Burley Moor

Menston & Burley Moor

+31% 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	66	£658k	£120k – £2.23m
Semi-detached	54	£380k	£200k – £1.12m
Terraced	29	£320k	£185k – £900k
Flat	34	£200k	£66k – £577k

Standard sales in Menston & Burley Moor. 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 The Crescent in the last two years

183sales in Menston & Burley Moor in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at LS29 6DR

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, The CrescentSemi-detached	£365,000, Nov 2015	160 m²	Buyer's report →
2, The CrescentSemi-detached	£490,000, Apr 2016	206 m²	Buyer's report →
3, The CrescentDetached	£510,000, Jan 2020	189 m²	Buyer's report →
4, The CrescentSemi-detached	£480,000, Jan 2016	207 m²	Buyer's report →
5, The CrescentSemi-detached	£444,000, Dec 2007	–	Buyer's report →
7, The CrescentSemi-detached	£715,000, Sept 2025	228 m²	Buyer's report →
8, The CrescentSemi-detached	£250,000, Nov 2011	94 m²	Buyer's report →
9, The CrescentSemi-detached	£465,000, Dec 2015	218 m²	Buyer's report →
11, The CrescentSemi-detached	£492,570, Oct 2006	216 m²	Buyer's report →
12, The Crescent

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Buying at LS29 6DR

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £488k. In Menston & Burley Moor.

2 to check3 clear£488k typical on The Crescent

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides significantBGS 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.

Check

Busy road: A65, 130 m awayAbout 22,619 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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

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

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?

£488ktypical sale on The Crescent, last 10 years

£3,762typical price per m² in Menston & Burley Moor

£2,130–£3,140per m² for homes at LS29 6DR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,762 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £339k. Homes at LS29 6DR have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Menston & Burley Moor, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£141k	£126k	£650 a month	5.5%
2 beds	£224k	£188k	£810 a month	4.3%
3 beds	£380k	£317k	£1,070 a month	3.4%
4+ beds	£603k	£470k	£1,450 a month	2.9%
All homes	£423k	£309k	£1,050 a month	3.0%

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. 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