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Buying at NW2 5JS

Before you offer on a home at NW2 5JS: 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 £2.21m. In Brondesbury Park.

1 to check4 clear£2.21m typical on Alverstone Road

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 for HMOs).
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Busy road: A407, 360 m awayAbout 10,456 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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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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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?

£2.21mtypical sale on Alverstone Road, last 10 years

£8,824typical price per m² in Brondesbury Park

£7,630–£8,130per m² for homes at NW2 5JS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £8,824 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £794k. Homes at NW2 5JS have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Brondesbury Park

Brondesbury Park

+26% 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	11	£2.60m	£750k – £3.90m
Semi-detached	22	£1.47m	£265k – £3.80m
Terraced	26	£1.64m	£650k – £3.25m
Flat	67	£580k	£225k – £1.96m

Standard sales in Brondesbury Park. 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 Alverstone Road in the last two years

126sales in Brondesbury Park in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at NW2 5JS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1a, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£1,485,000, Feb 2010	255 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£2,350,000, Nov 2014	284 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£1,800,000, Feb 2016	236 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£925,000, Nov 2006	–	Buyer's report →
15, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£1,125,000, Apr 2010	–	Buyer's report →
17, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£2,210,000, Apr 2021	272 m²	Buyer's report →
21, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£2,250,000, Jun 2014	299 m²	Buyer's report →
23, Alverstone RoadSemi-detached	£1,575,000, Dec 2010	224 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at NW2 5JS

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £2.21m. In Brondesbury Park.

1 to check4 clear£2.21m typical on Alverstone Road

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 for HMOs).

Note

Busy road: A407, 360 m awayAbout 10,456 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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

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?

£2.21mtypical sale on Alverstone Road, last 10 years

£8,824typical price per m² in Brondesbury Park

£7,630–£8,130per m² for homes at NW2 5JS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £8,824 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £794k. Homes at NW2 5JS have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Brondesbury Park, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£381k	£343k	£1,520 a month	4.8%
2 beds	£528k	£417k	£2,040 a month	4.6%
3 beds	£1.00m	£799k	£2,500 a month	3.0%
4+ beds	£1.80m	£1.36m	£4,050 a month	2.7%
All homes	£1.36m	£799k	£2,860 a month	2.5%

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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places