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Buying at NG3 7GF

Before you offer on a home at NG3 7GF: 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 £280k. In Bakersfield.

3 clear£280k typical on Holdale Road

The checklist

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).
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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: landslides moderate, running sand 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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Busy road: U, 480 m awayAbout 10,411 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 42 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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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?

£280ktypical sale on Holdale Road, last 10 years

£2,500typical price per m² in Bakersfield

£1,110–£3,220per m² for homes at NG3 7GF sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £225k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Bakersfield

Bakersfield

+100% 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	48	£270k	£185k – £550k
Semi-detached	68	£217k	£126k – £405k
Terraced	30	£168k	£124k – £247k
Flat	2	£150k	£62k – £150k

Standard sales in Bakersfield. 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

1sales on Holdale Road in the last two years

148sales in Bakersfield in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at NG3 7GF

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Holdale RoadDetached	£212,000, Dec 2005	138 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Holdale RoadDetached	£71,500, Nov 2000	–	Buyer's report →
3, Holdale RoadDetached	£280,000, Jul 2024	87 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Holdale RoadSemi-detached	£136,500, Nov 2007	81 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Holdale RoadDetached	£168,500, May 2007	115 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Holdale RoadDetached	£160,000, Jul 2009	91 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Holdale RoadDetached	£139,950, Sept 2007	–	Buyer's report →
8, Holdale RoadDetached	£315,000, Nov 2020	215 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Holdale RoadDetached	£161,500, Oct 2017	145 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Holdale RoadSemi-detached

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Buying at NG3 7GF

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £280k. In Bakersfield.

3 clear£280k typical on Holdale 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

Ground: landslides moderate, running sand 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.

Note

Busy road: U, 480 m awayAbout 10,411 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).

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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 42 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£280ktypical sale on Holdale Road, last 10 years

£2,500typical price per m² in Bakersfield

£1,110–£3,220per m² for homes at NG3 7GF sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,500 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £225k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Bakersfield, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£110k	£89k	£730 a month	8.0%
2 beds	£176k	£157k	£930 a month	6.3%
3 beds	£225k	£192k	£1,090 a month	5.8%
4+ beds	£314k	£261k	£1,440 a month	5.5%
All homes	£212k	£173k	£1,050 a month	5.9%

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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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