Before you offer on a home at MK42 7AH: 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 £157k. In Kempston North.
1 to check3 clear£157k typical on Camford Court
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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3 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 53 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: U, 870 m awayAbout 8,386 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).
£1,840–£2,790per m² for homes at MK42 7AH sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,600 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £324k. Homes at MK42 7AH have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Kempston North
Kempston North
+59% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in Kempston North, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£149k
£111k
£780 a month
6.3%
2 beds
£251k
£226k
£1,010 a month
4.8%
3 beds
£318k
£280k
£1,240 a month
4.7%
4+ beds
£420k
£395k
£1,670 a month
4.8%
All homes
£306k
£258k
£1,130 a month
4.4%
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