Before you offer on a home at OL10 3DF: 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 £110k. In Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill.
2 clear£110k typical on Kent Walk
The checklist
Before you make an offer
Note
Radon: up to 3–5% 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 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: A58, 540 m awayAbout 21,039 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).
£2,222typical price per m² in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill
£100–£1,970per m² for homes at OL10 3DF sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,222 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £200k. Homes at OL10 3DF have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill
+70% 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
16
£280k
£222k – £390k
Semi-detached
56
£220k
£100k – £465k
Terraced
73
£164k
£80k – £290k
Flat
3
£190k
£158k – £190k
Standard sales in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill. 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
2sales on Kent Walk in the last two years
148sales in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£108k
£87k
£620 a month
6.9%
2 beds
£176k
£154k
£830 a month
5.7%
3 beds
£200k
£167k
£940 a month
5.6%
4+ beds
£300k
£252k
£1,300 a month
5.2%
All homes
£199k
£165k
£840 a month
5.1%
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