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Buying at ME2 2UD

Before you offer on a home at ME2 2UD: 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 £465k. In Rede Common.

2 to check3 clear£465k typical on The Shades

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) 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
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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
Busy road: M2, 520 m awayAbout 101,537 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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?

£465ktypical sale on The Shades, last 10 years

£3,811typical price per m² in Rede Common

£4,040–£5,280per m² for homes at ME2 2UD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,811 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £343k. Homes at ME2 2UD have sold 6–39% above it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Rede Common

Rede Common

+59% 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	8	£424k	£310k – £650k
Semi-detached	41	£330k	£158k – £575k
Terraced	34	£300k	£180k – £340k
Flat	9	£148k	£110k – £170k

Standard sales in Rede Common. 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 The Shades in the last two years

92sales in Rede Common in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at ME2 2UD

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, The ShadesDetached	£445,000, Aug 2013	203 m²	Buyer's report →
5, The ShadesDetached	£465,000, Nov 2024	91 m²	Buyer's report →
7, The ShadesDetached	£650,000, Feb 2025	133 m²	Buyer's report →
17, The ShadesDetached	£563,000, Nov 2022	114 m²	Buyer's report →
19, The ShadesDetached	£280,000, Dec 2009	152 m²	Buyer's report →
21, The ShadesDetached	£560,000, Jul 2024	106 m²	Buyer's report →
25, The ShadesDetached	£106,000, Jul 1996	–	Buyer's report →
27, The ShadesDetached	£204,000, Jul 2001	–	Buyer's report →
29, The ShadesDetached	£325,000, Dec 2006	217 m²	Buyer's report →
31, The ShadesDetached	£490,000, Oct 2010

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Buying at ME2 2UD

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £465k. In Rede Common.

2 to check3 clear£465k typical on The Shades

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) 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

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

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

Busy road: M2, 520 m awayAbout 101,537 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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?

£465ktypical sale on The Shades, last 10 years

£3,811typical price per m² in Rede Common

£4,040–£5,280per m² for homes at ME2 2UD sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,811 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £343k. Homes at ME2 2UD have sold 6–39% above it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Rede Common, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£207k	£181k	£980 a month	5.7%
2 beds	£284k	£217k	£1,170 a month	4.9%
3 beds	£317k	£295k	£1,340 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£382k	£325k	£1,720 a month	5.4%
All homes	£315k	£285k	£1,240 a month	4.7%

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. 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