Before you offer on a home at NE33 3JS: 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 £74k. In South Shields East.
2 clear£74k typical on Wharton Street
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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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS 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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1 listed building 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 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A1018, 750 m awayAbout 15,944 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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.
Clear
Gigabit broadband91% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£600–£1,000per m² for homes at NE33 3JS sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,540 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £139k. Homes at NE33 3JS have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in South Shields East
South Shields East
+1% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in South Shields East, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£70k
£63k
£520 a month
8.9%
2 beds
£117k
£88k
£620 a month
6.4%
3 beds
£176k
£133k
£780 a month
5.3%
4+ beds
£253k
£199k
£950 a month
4.5%
All homes
£161k
£105k
£720 a month
5.4%
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