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Buying at MK13 8AR

Before you offer on a home at MK13 8AR: 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 £373k. In Bradwell Common.

1 to check3 clear£373k typical on Booker Avenue

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction; Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: C, 720 m awayAbout 20,802 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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?

£373ktypical sale on Booker Avenue, last 10 years

£3,421typical price per m² in Bradwell Common

£2,820–£4,130per m² for homes at MK13 8AR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,421 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £308k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Bradwell Common

Bradwell Common

+52% 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	20	£445k	£195k – £600k
Semi-detached	29	£285k	£170k – £450k
Terraced	19	£258k	£85k – £429k
Flat	7	£90k	£60k – £178k

Standard sales in Bradwell 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

9sales on Booker Avenue in the last two years

75sales in Bradwell Common in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at MK13 8AR

Home	Last sold	Floor area
12, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£336,000, Apr 2022	88 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£250,000, Jan 2007	–	Buyer's report →
18, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£385,000, Mar 2019	112 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£233,000, Feb 2010	110 m²	Buyer's report →
22, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£78,000, Aug 1996	–	Buyer's report →
24, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£232,000, Sept 2009	122 m²	Buyer's report →
26, Booker AvenueDetached	£110,000, Jul 1998	–	Buyer's report →
28, Booker AvenueSemi-detached	£450,000, Mar 2026	109 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Booker AvenueDetached	£349,950, Aug 2016	124 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Booker Avenue

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Buying at MK13 8AR

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £373k. In Bradwell Common.

1 to check3 clear£373k typical on Booker Avenue

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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.

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction; Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate direction).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: C, 720 m awayAbout 20,802 vehicles a day in 2019 (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?

£373ktypical sale on Booker Avenue, last 10 years

£3,421typical price per m² in Bradwell Common

£2,820–£4,130per m² for homes at MK13 8AR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,421 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £308k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Bradwell Common, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£104k	£78k	£800 a month	9.2%
2 beds	£254k	£180k	£1,190 a month	5.6%
3 beds	£308k	£276k	£1,380 a month	5.4%
4+ beds	£452k	£367k	£1,970 a month	5.2%
All homes	£295k	£254k	£1,270 a month	5.2%

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