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Buying at NG5 7LU

Before you offer on a home at NG5 7LU: 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 £185k. In Plains Estate.

2 clear£185k typical on Ashe Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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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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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: A6211, 910 m awayAbout 11,430 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.
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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?

£185ktypical sale on Ashe Close, last 10 years

£2,973typical price per m² in Plains Estate

£1,930–£2,740per m² for homes at NG5 7LU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,973 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £268k. Homes at NG5 7LU have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Plains Estate

Plains Estate

+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	71	£310k	£160k – £730k
Semi-detached	64	£245k	£155k – £353k
Terraced	49	£190k	£165k – £290k
Flat	8	£130k	£83k – £164k

Standard sales in Plains Estate. 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

0sales on Ashe Close in the last two years

192sales in Plains Estate in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at NG5 7LU

Home	Last sold	Floor area
2, Ashe CloseDetached	£71,000, Jul 1999	–	Buyer's report →
3, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£114,000, Jul 2009	77 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£95,000, Mar 2003	–	Buyer's report →
8, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£145,000, Jul 2017	75 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£255,000, Jul 2022	132 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£185,000, Oct 2019	73 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£175,000, May 2019	74 m²	Buyer's report →
17, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£141,000, Nov 2015	73 m²	Buyer's report →
19, Ashe CloseSemi-detached	£170,000, Oct 2018	73 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Ashe CloseSemi-detached

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Buying at NG5 7LU

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £185k. In Plains Estate.

2 clear£185k typical on Ashe Close

Before you make an offer

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

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: A6211, 910 m awayAbout 11,430 vehicles a day in 2025 (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

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

Is the asking price fair?

£185ktypical sale on Ashe Close, last 10 years

£2,973typical price per m² in Plains Estate

£1,930–£2,740per m² for homes at NG5 7LU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,973 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £268k. Homes at NG5 7LU have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Plains Estate, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£122k	£98k	£630 a month	6.2%
2 beds	£196k	£183k	£810 a month	5.0%
3 beds	£255k	£234k	£990 a month	4.7%
4+ beds	£384k	£314k	£1,400 a month	4.4%
All homes	£247k	£204k	£900 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. * 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