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Buying at M25 1WJ

Before you offer on a home at M25 1WJ: 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 £250k. In Prestwich East.

3 clear£250k typical on Bury Old Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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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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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Bury borough HMO).
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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: M60, 850 m awayAbout 166,561 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?

£250ktypical sale on Bury Old Road, last 10 years

£3,074typical price per m² in Prestwich East

£1,410–£3,580per m² for homes at M25 1WJ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,074 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £277k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Prestwich East

Prestwich East

+93% 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	10	£325k	£250k – £445k
Semi-detached	73	£302k	£180k – £575k
Terraced	87	£275k	£50k – £750k
Flat	20	£160k	£60k – £280k

Standard sales in Prestwich East. 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

21sales on Bury Old Road in the last two years

190sales in Prestwich East in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at M25 1WJ

Home	Last sold	Floor area
459, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£159,950, Sept 2015	86 m²	Buyer's report →
461, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£57,000, May 2000	–	Buyer's report →
465, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£135,000, Jul 2021	96 m²	Buyer's report →
471, Bury Old RoadTerraced	£267,000, Jun 2022	81 m²	Buyer's report →
473, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£145,000, Jul 2016	63 m²	Buyer's report →
475, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£286,000, Feb 2023	80 m²	Buyer's report →
477, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£161,000, Mar 2005	–	Buyer's report →
477a, Bury Old RoadSemi-detached	£52,000, Nov 1998	–	Buyer's report →
479, Bury Old RoadTerraced	£70,000, Jan 2008	98 m²	Buyer's report →
483, Bury Old Road

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Buying at M25 1WJ

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £250k. In Prestwich East.

3 clear£250k typical on Bury Old 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

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

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Bury borough HMO).

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: M60, 850 m awayAbout 166,561 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?

£250ktypical sale on Bury Old Road, last 10 years

£3,074typical price per m² in Prestwich East

£1,410–£3,580per m² for homes at M25 1WJ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,074 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £277k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Prestwich East, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£120k	£98k	£710 a month	7.1%
2 beds	£250k	£212k	£1,000 a month	4.8%
3 beds	£295k	£265k	£1,140 a month	4.6%
4+ beds	£382k	£326k	£1,540 a month	4.8%
All homes	£288k	£250k	£1,030 a month	4.3%

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